Greenspan on Social Security Greenspan testified before the House Budget Committee today. Much of his talk was devoted to discussing the long-run fiscal implications of the retirement of the baby…

Greenspan Gets Even More Explicit Greenspan elaborated further on his opinion regarding the deficit during continued testimony on Capitol Hill today. I suppose that he wanted to make it crystal…

…take priority. Remember Greenspan–when Clinton was president, Greenspan scolded about deficit reduction; then when Bush proposed huge deficit-creating tax cuts, Greenspan suddenly found himself not worried about deficits. (Remember too…

…believe the risks in moving 50 basis points today are not very large because I think the underlying momentum in the economy remains very strong.” FED Chairman Alan Greenspan, May…

…unchanged labor force participation rate (66.1%). Andrew Samwick provides more details. Update: The MSNBC coverage of the employment news included this summary of remarks from Alan Greenspan about the federal…

…But Pro-Trade Forces are Mustering Against Bush From the NYTimes: Greenspan Warns Against ‘Creeping Protectionism’ in Trade In an apparent criticism of the Bush administration, Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve’s…

…“I think Alan Greenspan should get another term.” While he was eventually won over to the initial Bush tax cut after initially appearing skeptical, as recently as February of this…

…excerpts from a speech by then Fed Chair Alan Greenspan in April 2001: The paydown of federal debt “Today I want to address a subject in which your group and…

…warned his fellow legislators about rising social security commitments. Then the worm crawled out of his hole, so to speak. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan testified before the Senate and…

…of Bowie’s oeuvre had provided a level of patronage that’s inconceivable for a musician of Bowie’s bent today…he spent the Nineties as a free agent, jumping from label to label,…