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The Economy: Cycling Along With the Training Wheels On

Michael de Portu | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Ppip, Paulson, Deflation, Inflation, Bernanke, Toxic Assets, American Manufacturing, Recession, Tarp, Economy, Greenspan, Greenlaw, Hatzius, Business News
Michael de Portu

Some observers ask whether we are in 1929 or 1932. The good news is that the world is so different today, we are probably in neither. The globe has 6 billion inhabitants with that much more potential for instability.

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When Bush Got 'Drunk' -- As Meltdown Approached

Greg Mitchell | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Youtube, Economic Meltdown, George W. Bush, Greenspan, Bush, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

It's fun, sad and fascinating to look back one year at one of the few YouTube highlights or lowlights of the George W. Bush presidency.

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Greenspan: Bailouts Are Biggest Threat To U.S. Future

briefingroom.thehill.com | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 07.04.2009 | Business

Read More: American Enterprise Institute, Wall Street Bailout, Banking Bailout, Bailout, Greenspan, Alan Greenspan, Business News

What are biggest threats to America's economic future? According to former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, government bailouts of "too big t...

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Alan Greenspan, Richard Posner Duel Over The Causes Of The Financial Crisis

The Daily Dish | Posted 06.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Greenspan Posner Financial Crisis, Greenspan Posner Duel, Posner, Greenspan Posner Feud, Greenspan Posner Fight, Greenspan, Business News

I have received an email from Alan Greenspan in which he expresses regret at what he describes as my "rather thin analysis of the source of the curren...

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Alan Greenspan: The Fed Didn't Cause The Housing Bubble

Wall Street Journal | ALAN GREENSPAN | Posted 04.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Fed Didn't Cause Housing Bubble, Greenspan Housing Bubble, Greenspan Op-Ed on Housing Bubble, Greenspan, Business News

We are in the midst of a global crisis that will unquestionably rank as the most virulent since the 1930s. It will eventually subside and pass into hi...

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Alan Greenspan: Economy Worst Since 1930s, Tarp Insufficient, Supports Bank Nationalization

Huffington Post | Posted 03.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Greenspan and Mortgage Crisis, Tarp, U.S. Economy, TARP Money, Economy, Greenspan, Alan Greenspan, Greenspan Economy, Bank Nationalization, Business News

Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday that the global recession will "surely be the longest and deepest" since the 1930s...

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Greenspan Statement Rocks Markets, Undermines Confidence

Bill Allen | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers, Humor, Stock Market, Economy, Aig, Fannie Mae, Financial Crisis, Alan Greenspan, Greenspan, Politics News
Bill Allen

Greenspan said he believed that banks and other financial businesses would act in their own self-interest to protect shareholders and their institutions. He is now in a state of "shocked disbelief."

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Shinseki and Volcker: Military Contracts and Banking

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Federal Reserve, Volcker, Eric Shinseki, Greenspan, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

Make no mistake, this is not about questioning the integrity, judgment, or credentials of retired Army General Eric Shinseki. After all, it was Shinse...

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So, Who Would Joseph Heller Vote For Next Tuesday?

Erica Heller | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Joseph Heller Voting, Joseph Heller Politics, Joseph Heller, Catch 22, 2008 Election, Larry David, Kissinger, Richard Lewis, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Greenspan, Alan Greenspan, Politics News
Erica Heller

Most people would automatically assume it to be the brilliant kid from Harvard rather than the spooky, disingenuous, creaky-wheel from yesteryear. They would be wrong.

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Why The Government Can't "Fix" the Crisis

Danny Schechter | Posted 11.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Moral Hazard, Bernanke, Hedge Funds, Consumer Spending, Greenspan, Fianacial Crisis, Greed, Treasury Department, Depression, Free Market Capitalism, Federal Reserve Bank, Market Confidence, James Suriwieki, Capitalism, Recession, Lehman Bros, Aig, JPMorgan Chase, Consumer Confidence, Wall Street Crash, Congressional Bailout, William Buitner, Bear Stearns, Alan Greenspan, Market Collapse, Business News
Danny Schechter

In what was for many an unbelievable chain of events, markets started melting down, confidence shattered and believers in unregulated transactions realized something was very, very wrong.

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Greenspan Calls Crisis A "Credit Tsunami" (VIDEO)

AP, C-SPAN | Posted 11.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Video, Causes of the Credit Crisis, Finance, Economy, Credit Crunch, Financial Crisis, Federal Reserve, Causes of the Financial Crisis, Credit Crisis, Interest Rates, Alan Greenspan, Greenspan Tsunami, Greenspan, Greenspan Tsunami Video, Business News

Greenspan told the House Oversight Committee on Thursday that his belief that banks would be more prudent in their lending practices because of the ne...

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What the Framers Knew and Alan Greenspan Didn't

Eric Lane and Michael Oreskes | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Us Constitution, George Washington, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Founding Fathers, John Quincy Adams, Housing Crisis, Greenspan, Alan Greenspan, Constitutional Convention, Constitution, Politics News
Eric Lane and Michael Oreskes

The Framers did not ask people to rise above self-interest but instead expected them to pursue it. Pitting interest against interest, as Madison put it, is a way of ensuring liberty.

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The Mines are Full of Canaries

Margaret Heffernan | Posted 11.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Muriel Siebert, Wall Street Crisis, Economy, Options, Derivatives, Swaps, Enron, Greenspan, Washington Post, The Lessons of Enron, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, Senate Subcomittee on Investigations, Bailout, Levitt, Brooksley E. Born, Market Crisis, Rubin, Long Term Capital Management, Futures, Business News
Margaret Heffernan

We need a new guard, who know the system but didn't build it. Don't let anyone tell you they're not out there. They've been there for years.

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There Will Not Be an October Surprise

Matt Littman | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Paulson, October Surprise, Palin, Phil Gramm, Mccain, Obama, Iraq, Bin Laden, Spain, Greenspan, Rothschild, Politics News
Matt Littman

No, this campaign is going to come down to Obama vs. McCain, mano a mano. And right now, momentum is going Obama's way.

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Obama's Good Day And A Columnist's Bad One

Sandy Goodman | Posted 08.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Paulson, Musharraf, Petraeus, O'Neill, Pakistan, Secret Service, Bernanke, Obama, Mccain, Washington Post, Republicans, Democrats, Greenspan, Bush, Gillani, Milbank, Capitol, Barack Obama, 100 Days, Media News
Sandy Goodman

Occasionally, Dana Milbank wakes up with his head tightly wedged into his rear end and Wednesday, with his Obama column, was one of those days.

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Merrill Lynch Smokes its Own Belly Button Lint

Max Keiser | Posted 06.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Merrill Lynch, Greenspan, Faulty Accounting, House Crash, Business News
Max Keiser

If a tree falls in the woods and nobody hears it fall, does that stop Goldman from collateralizing the sound and selling it as a hedge against some statistical probability worked out by a 'quant'?

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