George Will
George Will
George Frederick Willis an American newspaper columnist and political commentator. He is a Pulitzer Prize–winner known for his conservative commentary on politics. In 1986, The Wall Street Journal called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America," in a league with Walter Lippmann...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth4 May 1941
business wells humans
Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.
knowing regulation needs
Markets are imperfect. So you do need regulation, knowing that the regulators are also human.
world globalization economy
Globalization has rendered the world increasingly interdependent, but international politics is still based on the sovereignty of states.
powerful organization earth
We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting caught in a quagmire.
gold assets ultimate
The ultimate asset bubble is gold.
foundation principles my-family
When I had made more money than I needed for myself and my family, I set up a foundation to promote the values and principles of a free and open society.
believe enemy laissez-faire-capitalism
The main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat.
long needs something-better
Investors operate with limited funds and intelligence, they do not need to know everything. As long as they understand something better than others, they have an edge...
people doe social
Playing by the rules, one does the best he can, irrespective of the social consequences. Whereas in making the rules, people ought to be concerned with the social consequences and not with their personal interests.
perfection unattainable improvement
The scope for improvement is infinite, precisely because perfection is unattainable.
taken america democracies-have
Advocating democracy has, by other people, often been taken as a form of imperialism, and not without some justification. So the important thing in a democracy is that it doesn't necessarily have to agree with what America's interests are, and it doesn't necessarily have to be serving American interests.
alternatives
Changeless society is characterized by the absense of alternatives.
successful views investing
Taking this view, it is possible to see financial markets as a laboratory for testing hypotheses, albeit not strictly scientific ones. The truth is, successful investing is a kind of alchemy.
dark transition pressure
The dark comes before dawn. The financial markets are under great pressure because of the lack of leadership during the transition period.