The United States can pay any debt it has because we can always print money to do that. So there is zero probability of default.
Alan GreenspanWithout calling the overall national issue a bubble, it's pretty clear that it's an unsustainable underlying pattern.
Alan GreenspanIf we allow terrorism to undermine our freedom of action, we could reverse at least part of the palpable gains achieved by postwar globalization. It is incumbent upon us not to allow that to happen.
Alan GreenspanPeople dont realize that we cannot forecast the future. What we can do is have probabilities of what causes what, but thats as far as we go. And Ive had a very successful career as a forecaster, starting in 1948 forward. The number of mistakes I have made are just awesome. There is no number large enough to account for that.
Alan Greenspan