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"But our system of regulation must keep up with this. If it fails to keep up, it will hold back economic expansion. We need financial market regulation that works at national and European level."
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"All that the State need do, and can do, in order to preserve the monetary system undisturbed, is to refrain from such intervention. That is the essence of the monetary theory of the classical economists and their immediate successors, the Currency School. It is possible to refine and amplify this doctrine with the aid of the modern subjective theory; but it is impossible to overthrow it, and impossible to put anything else in its place. Those who are able to forget it only show that they are unable to think as economists."

"If you solely focus only on financial survival then that is where you will always be."

"Investing is a simple process of taking into account the present value and future value. The other major factor to understand here, is what you lose as a result of inaction. Consider what you can gain and what you can lose in your decision."

"Your future self would surely thank your present self if you start to wisely invest your money now."
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"Indeed, American companies make three times as much profits from their investment in one E.U. country, Ireland, than they do from all their investments in China."

"The E.U. imports more agricultural goods from developing countries around the world than does the U.S., Canada and Japan, combined."

"The E.U. is more than just a trade organization or a common market; it is a guarantee of democracy, freedom, justice, and human rights. Nations cannot stay in the E.U. if they do not respect these guarantees."

"It is not viable for one country to demand a right to increase and upgrade its nuclear weapons capabilities while asking others to eliminate theirs."

"If the EU and the US can cooperate successfully on regulating financial markets, everyone else will follow."

"U.S. companies earn more from their investments in the EU than in the rest of the world combined."

"Financial service providers act as the lubricating oil in the economy. They link consumers who want to invest their savings for a good return with companies who want to borrow on best terms for expansion."

"The time horizon may be too long for sole reliance on market solutions - but perhaps the inventiveness of the financial services industry will prove me wrong that point!"
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