Is Greenspan a Socialist?
The NRO econopundits are contradicting themselves once again on monetary policy. While Victor Canto is arguing for a commodity price rule, John Tamny seems upset that the market does not…
The NRO econopundits are contradicting themselves once again on monetary policy. While Victor Canto is arguing for a commodity price rule, John Tamny seems upset that the market does not…
Another Greenspan Update Smart conservative Dan Drezner agrees that Greenspan’s comments are bad for Bush: “The more Greenspan clears his throat like this, the more the current occupant of 1600…
Greenspan on the Deficit, Part II Greenspan’s testimony this morning to Congress indicated no regret about the Bush tax cuts. I was totally wrong when I implied in my morning…
Greenspan on the Deficit Back in 2001, Greenspan was a tentative supporter of tax cuts. In his now-famous (to fiscal policy wonks, anyway) remarks to the Senate Budget Committee of…
From an interview on NPR’s Here and Now comes: “The official actuaries of the Social Security system say in order to get our Social Security and retirement funds in balance,…
…non economists ? That’s a scary thought. 3) Brad notes the similarities between Herbert Hoover, Alan Greenspan and Job. Hoover and Greenspan have been very loyal to the pro market…
Krugman leaves absolutely no room for doubt about what he thinks of Alan Greenspan: A disturbing thing about Wednesday’s hearing was the deference with which Democratic senators treated Mr. Greenspan….
Greenspan the Partisan Kenneth Thomas of Wharton has published information that he received under the FOIA confirming what we already suspected: close coordination between the White House and Alan Greenspan….
…is something that will make Bernanke’s job much easier than it would have been 25 years ago, just as it did Alan Greenspan’s. It was interesting to see that Bernanke…
Has the Fed under Alan Greenspan been so sanguine about the US economy’s potential problems that its behavior verges on the irresponsible? Some economists think so, and their voices seem…