"The times are too difficult and the crisis……" — Noam Chomsky
"The times are too difficult and the crisis too severe to indulge in schadenfreude. Looking at it in perspective, the fact that there would be a financial crisis was perfectly predictable: its general nature, if not its magnitude. Markets are always inefficient."
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588 Quotes by Noam Chomsky
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