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" Opacity on extreme levels is not addressed anywhere, including Dodd-Frank. "
Paul Singer
Anywhere
Extreme
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" Today, even small entities that trade complex instruments or are granted sufficient leverage can threaten the global financial system. "
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" The bottom line is that the euro is a failed experiment. "
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" Resentment is not morally superior to earning money. "
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" 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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" Stability is not the way of the world. "
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Stability
World
Way
" What you have in legacy countries is long-term insolvency. "
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You
" In government, the forces of risk-aversion and constant conflict serve to stultify and narrow the range of ideas up for debate. "
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Government
Up
Debate
" So many people, including stark conservatives, have family members and close friends who are gay. "
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Family
People
Many
" Capital is kind of a banking concept. "
Paul Singer
Capital
Concept
Kind
" '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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Own
Time
Bond
" 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. "
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Money
Value
Time
" You have got to welcome and embrace complexity. "
Paul Singer
Complexity
You
Embrace
" I've never let my guard down by saying, 'I don't need to be hedged.' "
Paul Singer
Never
Saying
Down
" In both the U.S. and Europe, the budget and balance sheet numbers do not work. When 'off-balance sheet' promises are taken into account, the U.S. and most countries of the Euro zone are insolvent. "
Paul Singer
Promises
Balance
Budget
" Individual liberty, the basic underpinning of American society, requires constant defense against the encroachment of the state. "
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American
Society
Liberty
" Derivatives trading should be standardized and as much as possible moved to clearinghouses. "
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Possible
Much
Standardized
" 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
" A great deal of stupidity has chipped away at the massive advantages of Western civilization, which could terminally decline if it remains on the current path. But these problems can be solved - and swiftly - if the right leaders emerge. "
Paul Singer
Path
Stupidity
Right
" The world, in terms of choices available to educated, ambitious workers and entrepreneurs, is way bigger than just the United States, Japan and Europe. "
Paul Singer
Bigger
Choices
Educated
" Imagine how much capital a country like Argentina might attract - if instead of defaulting seriatim and affecting a pose of anger toward creditors, it borrowed responsibly and honored its obligations. "
Paul Singer
Anger
Like
How
" The starting point of my career in money management in 1973-74 was the time of the only true bear market any living non-Japanese investor has seen in major markets. Equities, real estate, you name it, everyone got run over. "
Paul Singer
Time
Management
Money
" I'm rarely optimistic. "
Paul Singer
Rarely
Optimistic
" The Orderly Liquidation Authority prescribed by Dodd-Frank should be repealed and replaced by an amendment to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code which would operate to prevent cross-default provisions from impacting derivatives books so long as mark-to-market payments are being made in a timely fashion. "
Paul Singer
Authority
Books
Fashion
" What would a loss of confidence in the dollar actually look like? Gold going absolutely nuts. "
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Like
Nuts
Look
" Creating a regulatory system that reflects the modern-day realities of financial markets is not as difficult as it may appear. "
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System
Financial
Difficult
" There is no safe haven in today's markets. "
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Markets
Haven
Today
" Successful hedge funds will be entrepreneurial; it is the essence of the craft. "
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Will
Craft
Successful
" 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. "
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Real
See
Real Estate
" Obviously, the institution of marriage in America has utterly collapsed. "
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Institution
America
Marriage