Alan Greenspan

Sir Alan Greenspan was in DC yesterday, defending his legacy before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. James Kwak has a piece up on Sir Alan called "Greenspan: Love Him, Hate Him." I seriously doubt many people 'love' Alan Greenspan…

MIT’s Johnson Says Too-Big-to-Fail Banks Will Spark New Crisis – Bloomberg.com Streit um Griechenland-Hilfe: Deutschland isoliert – n-tv.de New York Fed Warehousing Junk Loans On Its Books: Examiner's Report GMO's Edward Chancellor:…

I first featured some commentary by Fred Sheehan in November on a muni post The coming collapse of the municipal bond market. Now Fred is back and he’s on the radio, talking with Jim Puplava about Sir Alan Greenspan this time.  It will…

With stocks now up significantly from March 2009 lows, a mild correction has been underway for the past two weeks.  Even if it risks becoming a major correction, we will still be well above levels just 6 months ago.  But that has…

This post by Bill Black originally appeared at New Deal 2.0. William K. Black is an Associate Professor of Economics and Law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He is a white-collar criminologist and was a senior financial regulator.…

As a writer, Matt Taibbi is a lot more vitriolic than I am. He curses, makes some pretty over-the-top personal attacks, and divines a policymaker’s intent where I don’t think he can. But, this goes mostly to style.  Substantively…

Yesterday, I indicated I would write a few thematic posts as a look back at some of the more important economic topics that this credit crisis has uncovered. Tying posts together in a theme definitely gives a better holistic view of a the…

Here's a nice little music video on Alan Greenspan and all that he has wrought. Hat tip Scott.

You are a teacher at a local primary school. Each school day you and some of your colleagues watch over the children at the school playground to make sure all of the children follow the rules and keep their hands to themselves. Your role is…

In speaking to the Council of Foreign Relations, Greenspan said what I have heard many other credible financial experts say, namely that financial institutions which are ‘too big to fail’ (TBTF) are simply too big. Is this Alan Greenspan…