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" It is impossible to understand the financial health of big financial institutions and their potential impact on the market. They don't even understand it themselves. "
Paul Singer
Impossible
Health
Financial
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" 'Inequality' has become the political theme/slogan of our time in both Europe and the U.S., yet political leaders do not even bother to consider that their own policies, which put the entire burden on central bankers to print money and drive up stock, bond and other asset prices, are actually exacerbating income and wealth disparity. "
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" Stability is not the way of the world. "
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" Given the typical fee structures of hedge funds, they need to do something different to make money in a consistent way. "
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" If you want an alternative currency, check out gold. It has stood the test of thousands of years as a store of value and medium of exchange. "
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Gold
" So many people, including stark conservatives, have family members and close friends who are gay. "
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Family
People
Many
" Resentment is not morally superior to earning money. "
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Superior
Resentment
Earning
" There is no safe haven in today's markets. "
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Haven
Today
" America is a place where the freedom to be who you are shouldn't be a barrier to your ability to get a job and provide for your family. "
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America
Family
Freedom
" Obviously, the institution of marriage in America has utterly collapsed. "
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Institution
America
Marriage
" It's true that monetary policy was too lax for too long, and the government encouraged lending to people who were unlikely to repay their loans. "
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Long
True
Policy
" The building block of every community is family. "
Paul Singer
Community
Block
Building
" In government, the forces of risk-aversion and constant conflict serve to stultify and narrow the range of ideas up for debate. "
Paul Singer
Government
Up
Debate
" Individual liberty, the basic underpinning of American society, requires constant defense against the encroachment of the state. "
Paul Singer
American
Society
Liberty
" Credit ratings and risk weightings must undergo a thorough process of review and revision. No security or instrument on the planet should have a zero risk weighting. "
Paul Singer
Credit
Process
Review
" Successful hedge funds will be entrepreneurial; it is the essence of the craft. "
Paul Singer
Will
Craft
Successful
" Today, even small entities that trade complex instruments or are granted sufficient leverage can threaten the global financial system. "
Paul Singer
Today
Small
Financial
" Check out London, Manhattan, Aspen and East Hampton real estate prices, as well as high-end art prices, to see what the leading edge of hyperinflation could look like. "
Paul Singer
Real
See
Real Estate
" The Congo is very wealthy from oil money but is not paying its debts and at the same time is applying for special status at the World Bank. That's shocking and disingenuous. "
Paul Singer
Special
Time
World
" What would a loss of confidence in the dollar actually look like? Gold going absolutely nuts. "
Paul Singer
Like
Nuts
Look
" The bottom line is that the euro is a failed experiment. "
Paul Singer
Bottom Line
Line
Bottom
" Creating a regulatory system that reflects the modern-day realities of financial markets is not as difficult as it may appear. "
Paul Singer
System
Financial
Difficult
" There is no more reason to believe that Bitcoin will stand the test of time than that governments will protect the value of government-created money, although Bitcoin is newer, and we always look at babies with hope. "
Paul Singer
Money
Value
Time
" Governments need to be authorized to provide 'open bank assistance.' The convolutions of Dodd-Frank aimed at 'avoiding' this tactic are ludicrous and will prove to be extremely costly to the system. "
Paul Singer
Bank
Will
System
" What you have in legacy countries is long-term insolvency. "
Paul Singer
Legacy
Long-Term
You
" Derivatives trading should be standardized and as much as possible moved to clearinghouses. "
Paul Singer
Possible
Much
Standardized
" In the workplace, employees should be judged on their merit and hard work and not on aspects that are irrelevant to their performance. "
Paul Singer
Performance
Hard Work
Employees
" You have got to welcome and embrace complexity. "
Paul Singer
Complexity
You
Embrace
" There's a feeling among some people that the Republican party is harsh on some things. "
Paul Singer
Party
People
Feeling
" I'm rarely optimistic. "
Paul Singer
Rarely
Optimistic
" I've never let my guard down by saying, 'I don't need to be hedged.' "
Paul Singer
Never
Saying
Down