"Absent geopolitical crises, the role of government policy isn't as big as people think in the short run. In the immediate term, the potential to ignite an escalating trade war without really intending to ought to be high on our list of US dangers as should dangers of popping credit bubbles either internationally or here at home."

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Source : Source: www.businessinsider.com

Austan Goolsbee

#Running Quotes #War Quotes #Home Quotes

“Peace is more than the absence of war. Peace is accord. Harmony.”
“Publishing is a business, but journalism never was and is not essentially a business. Nor is it a profession.”
“I liked being in the Marines. They gave me discipline I could live with. By the time I got out, I was able to cope with things on a more realistic level.”
“Night falls over Machu Picchu to the sound of Abba's 'Dancing Queen'.”
“There is only one true purpose in life: to wake up from the delusion that you are separate from everything else.”
“There comes a point where the disappointments in your life accrue faster than you can find external forces to blame them on.”
“I trained in Shakespeare, and that's all comedy, even when it's tragedy.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My description of fun would be to sit on someone's couch and watch TV. Regular cable TV. When I'm in a hotel, on-demand is the same. I watch the TV in another language, trying to figure out what they're saying.”

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