Greenspan Economy

Sam Stein

Greenspan: No Second Stimulus, We're "Getting Close" To End Of Job Losses (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.04.2009 | Politics


Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Sunday that the U.S. economy was "getting close" to the point where it would stop losing jobs. But during h...

Jason Linkins

WaPo Jumps On "Underwear As Economic Indicator" Beat

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media


The Washington Post has some good news for everyone during these recessionary times: your recovery may be jobless, but more and more, people are buyin...

Sam Stein

Men's Underwear Sales, Greenspan's Economic Metric, Reveal Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.09.2009 | Business


With reporting by Arthur Delaney As chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan was known for using quirky, proletariat metrics to judge the temp...

Greenspan: Put More Money In The Banks

Financial Times | Alan Greenspan , Financial Times, 26 Mar 2009 | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business


The extraordinary risk-management discipline that developed out of the writings of the University of Chicago's Harry Markowitz in the 1950s produced i...

AIG Anger and the Free Market Myth

Charles A. Clarkson | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business


Charles A. Clarkson

What do the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus and the "free market" have in common? None of them exist.

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

Huffington Post | Posted 03.21.2009 | Business


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...

Sam Stein

Greenspan: This Is The Worst Economy I've Ever Seen

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics


Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan offered a woeful outlook of America's economic situation on Sunday, saying the crisis with the country'...

Greenspan: Worst Of Credit Crisis Over

Reuters | Posted 05.16.2008 | Business


Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Thursday that the worst of the credit crisis is over, according to sources who attended a speec...

Greenspan: US "Clearly On The Edge" Of Recession

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Thursday said the U.S. economy is "clearly on the edge" of a recession. Greenspan said the economy ...