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2005 Federal Housing Finance Reform Act

…House as well as Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve. The critics have forgotten that the House passed a GSE reform bill in 2005 that could well have…

Dangerous surpluses

Alan Greenspan and Naomi Klein discuss recent economic history in this interview: I changed my mind in 2002 and 2003, largely because the whole notion of which fundamentally got me…

Another Rate Hike

…the Fed should keep raising interest rates. At any rate, I’m not the one making the decision. That’s up to Alan Greenspan. And from today’s statement, it looks like we’re…

Tom Nugent Mocks A Few Questions from Congressman Ron Paul

Thomas Nugent provides a very extended “question” that Republican Congressman Ron Paul asked Alan Greenspan and then notes: Maybe these politicians simply improvise around the questions their interns write for…

Tariffs on Apparel v. Yuan Revaluation

…The Bush administration’s effort to increase pressure on China to overhaul its currency regime got less than rave reviews from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and key central bankers from…

Oil Prices: Blaming the FED?

…turns out I got only 7.9 gallons for the $20 and these folks are saying I should get used to it. Our friend David Altig finds someone blaming Alan Greenspan….

Bush the Economist

…Bush said. “Independently, the Federal Reserve, under the leadership of Alan Greenspan, raised the interest rates yet again, a signal to the world markets that the Chairman is also aware…