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Dallas Fed President Richard W. Fisher discusses the importance of human capital measures in maintaining the regional outlook in today’s knowledge-based economy.
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Remarks at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center commencement, Dallas, Texas, June 2, 2007 ; "...True success comes to those who best put their talents in context and who connect a substantial intellect to an equally developed emotional capacity. Those of us who lead cerebral lives...
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Remarks before the Southern Governors' Association 73rd Annual Meeting, Biloxi, Mississippi, August 25, 2007. ; "There is no great secret about how to lay the groundwork for Southern states' success in harvesting and harnessing--in mastering--globalization. The key to adapting to and profiting...
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Delivered to the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce Seventh Annual Real Estate Symposium, Dallas, Texas, September 24, 2007. ; "The vital capital stock of our modern economy is not our buildings or our factories or our farms. It is our brains. It is our ability to conjure new and better ideas,...
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Remarks before a Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Community Luncheon, Laredo, Texas, September 10, 2007. ; "It is fair to say that I am encouraged by what I have heard against a background of constant negative speculation and the occasional discordant note, such as last week's employment numbers....
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"You need to dream of big things. But dreaming will not suffice. To succeed, you must work. If you are willing to work hard, you will achieve your goals. That is all you need to remember of this graduation speech." ; Commencement Address to Admiral Farragut Academy, St. Petersburg, Florida, May...
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"While it seems pretty clear that economic momentum is slowing, the jury is out on whether lesser momentum will be sufficient to translate into relief on the price front over the intermediate to longer term. In East Texas parlance, 'It might could but it mightn't'; it most definitely has not...
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"In the world of "superfine processes" of the Knowledge Age, digits are the new widgets. The brain is to the Knowledge Age and the mastery of digits what the engine was to the Manufacturing Age and the management of widgets. Education is the steam and the oil and the gas that propel that engine....
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Harlingen, Texas, February 16, 2007 ; "We learned the values of camaraderie and esprit de corps, and that semper fidelis was more than a slogan. Being faithful to your country, your mission and your potential is reward in itself."
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Remarks before the 2010 Pre-Session Legislative Conference, Austin, Texas, December, 2010 ; "With each passing year, Texas has consistently outperformed the rest of the nation in growing economic prosperity. Over the past three especially difficult years, the Texas economy has outperformed all...
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