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" After World War II, there were a lot of pension funds in Europe that were fully funded, but they were pressured to hold a lot of government debt. There was a lot of inflation, and the value of all those assets fell. Those pension funds couldn't honor their promises to the people. "
People
War
Value
" A lot of technological capital has to be absorbed person-to-person, and that happens more quickly if countries are economically integrated. "
Lot
More
Technological
" At some point, the spectacular growth in China has to stop. "
Point
China
Spectacular
" Despite the impression created by some economic pundits, the U.S. economy is not a delicate little machine that needs to be fine-tuned with exact precision by benevolent policymakers to keep from breaking down. "
Economy
Economic
Down
" Economic integration is the path to riches and peace. "
Path
Economic
Integration
" Economists create their own worlds. We're like little gods with our artificial economics, wanting to see what happens. "
Gods
See
Economics
" If productivity grows, the economy does well. "
Productivity
Well
Does
" I love creating models and coming up with explicit structures I can play with. "
Coming
Up
Creating
" In the category of economic superpowers, more is better than less - the more technology those leaders develop, the more we all benefit. "
Technology
Better
Economic
" In the Great Depression, employment and investment were low because labor market institutions and industrial polices changed. "
Investment
Great
Labor
" It is an established scientific fact that monetary policy has had virtually no effect on output and employment in the U.S. since the formation of the Fed. "
Employment
Effect
Policy
" Monetary policy causes booms and busts. "
Causes
Monetary Policy
Policy
" Multinational companies use their technological know-how in their foreign subsidiaries, so reciprocal multinational relationships are key - they lead to a vested interest in both countries to remaining open. "
Relationships
Technological
Key
" Of all the thankless jobs that economists set for themselves when it comes to educating people about economics, the notion that society is better off if some industries are allowed to wither, their workers lose their jobs, and investors lose their capital - all in the name of the greater glory of globalization - surely ranks near the top. "
People
Name
Better
" Random distributions are not good things, because people are risk-averse, and this risk adversely affects their welfare. If you get too much price uncertainty, all kinds of long-term, mutually beneficial contracts can't be entered into. "
People
Random
Good Things
" Sometimes pessimism or optimism gets popular, and it's contagious. "
Popular
Optimism
Pessimism
" The Chinese are saving like mad, but they are not getting a very good return on their savings. "
Like
Mad
Good
" The money is nice, but I am not in this game for the money. "
Am
I Am
Game
" There is an old maxim which states that good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from poor judgment. I think something similar can be said of government policy, to wit: Good policy comes from experience, and experience comes from poor policy. "
Government
Think
Old
" You can't spend your way to prosperity. "
Way
Spend
Prosperity
" You need a real crisis before you have reforms. "
Crisis
Need
Real
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