Alan Greenspan
Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve
FEATURED INTERVIEW: 9/17/07 - Mr. Greenspan unleashes bottled-up frustration about President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Republican leaders in Congress who, he contends, put politics ahead of Republican goals like fiscal discipline and lower government spending. (nytimes)
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4/09/08 - Greenspan defend his legacy and discuss the state of the economy and the housing bubble, among other topics. (cnbc)
9/22/07 - Alan Greenspan ran away from a band to join the bank. Richard Adams finds him speaking frankly about Nixon, house prices and why Mervyn King should keep his job. (guardian)
9/17/07 - Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman, said in an interview that the removal of Saddam Hussein had been “essential” to secure world oil supplies, a point he emphasized to the White House in private conversations before the 2003 invasion of Iraq. (washingtonpost)
9/17/07 - “We get to a state of extraordinary exuberance, which when confronted with reality turns to unrelenting fear, huge withdrawals in the modern case, extraordinarily little liquidity and very considerable credit fears.” Greenspan on the subprime meltdown and the credit crisis. (fortune)
9/16/07 - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan slams President Bush and today’s Republicans, while calling Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton “the smartest presidents” he worked with, according to an advance copy of his upcoming book. (cnn)
9/16/07 - US house prices are likely to fall significantly from their present levels, Alan Greenspan says, admitting that there was a bubble in the US housing market. (ft)
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4/08/08 - (Transcript with video embed) Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says that he had little to do with the housing bubble or credit crisis despite criticism that the Fed kept interest rates too low under his watch. (cnbc)
10/15/07 - Greenspan on his new book The Age of Turbulence. (foxbusiness)
9/20/07 - A conversation with Alan Greenspan about his life, his 18 year tenure as chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board and his book, The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World. (charlierose)
9/19/07 - Greenspan weighs in on President Bush’s economic and tax policies and shares his views on deficits. (npr)
9/18/07 - The former Federal Reserve Chairman bums Jon out with his thesis on human nature. (comedycentral)
9/18/07 - (Transcript with video links) Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on interest rates, Bush economic policy, personal legacy. (neilcavuto)
9/18/07 - Greenspan discusses everything from his cryptic word choices during Congressional testimony to protracted courtship of his wife, NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell. (npr)
9/16/07 - Former Federal Reserve Chairman talks to Lesley Stahl about subprime mortgage meltdown. (cbsnews)
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