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The Mortgage Gorillas

…– Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Wednesday told Congress to curb the rapid growth of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to cut the risks the mortgage giants pose to…

…be forced to limit its dollar purchases to avoid excessive economic growth, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan warned Tuesday. “China’s central bank purchases of dollars, unless offset, threaten an…

Quotes for the day

…has become more resilient.” — Alan Greenspan Multimedia Punit Paranjpe/Reuters A LINGERING GLOBAL INFLUENCE An interview with Alan Greenspan, nicknamed the Oracle, was shown live outside the Bombay Stock Exchange…

Credit Where Due, Brad DeLong edition

The defences of Alan Greenspan at Grapsing Reality… are legendary. (This response to Tom is my favorite of the lot, and rather representative.) Which makes today’s conversion announcement all the…

A/l/a/n/ C/a/r/u/b/a/ Milt Shook Explains It All

…misreading (see Bruce’s update below, following on Mitt Shook’s comment). Milt Shook demonstrates in detail that, even if you do, people such as Alan Caruba of ChronWatch will lie about…