Ian Bremmer - Issues Quotes

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The great thing about the U.S. economy right now is that we are the smart kids in the stupid-kid class. America has fiscal problems and gridlock issues and polarity and partisanship in Congress — and yet, compared to Japan and Europe, the U.S. looks great.

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The great thing about partisanship is you don't have to spend time understanding the issues to know what side you're on.

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Political scientists don't work at banks—which is a problem. As political issues become more important for the markets, analysts at banks are asked all sorts of questions they don't have the ability to answer. And if you're getting paid to answer questions—as analysts at banks are—you never want to be in the position of saying you don't know.

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