Alan Greenspan

...the US's policies have been less than responsible of late. Bernanke inherited a bad situation in 2006 from former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, he of the notorious ''Greenspan put.'' Greenspan, a disciple of philosopher Ayn Rand, talked a good...

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...carry trades." Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist Simon Johnson faults Bernanke's predecessor, Alan Greenspan, for ignoring the risk of bubbles and says, "The intellectual apparatus of Greenspan is still there." Adds Richard...

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...securities. In a Q&A session after a speech in New York, Bernanke at first channeled his predecessor, Alan Greenspan, on the subject of bubbles: Bernanke said it was "inherently, extraordinarily difficult to know whether an asset's...

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...particularly in the last year. Bernanke took the Fed's reins in 2006 from storied predecessor Alan Greenspan, who was lauded during his tenure for overseeing the longest-ever U.S. economic expansion. Bernanke was initially tapped to...

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...about deficits. Ben Bernanke on his own (and his predecessor Alan Greenspan) bears a large share of responsibility for the 2008 crash, but the Bernanke/Obama combination is potentially even more dangerous. If expansionary monetary...

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...must continue to be made without political interference, Bernanke has argued. First tapped by President George W. Bush, Bernanke has run the central bank since February 2006. He succeeded Alan Greenspan, who oversaw the Fed for 18 years.

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