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economistsview.typepad.com - 7/1/2009
Did Greenspan Make a Mistake in 2001-2004 by Keeping Too Rates Low?
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David Beckworth says Brad DeLong can quit wondering, Greenspan's "low interest rate policy in the early-to-mid 2000s was truly a mistake": Yes Brad, the Fed's Low Interest Rate Policy Was a Mistake, by David Beckworth : Brad Delong is wondering whether the Federal Reserves' ...
Yes Brad, the Fed's Low Interest Rate Policy Was a Mistake
macromarketmusings.blogspot.com - 6/30/2009
Yes Brad, the Fed's Low Interest Rate Policy Was a Mistake
— macromarketmusings.blogspot.com — Brad Delong is wondering whether the Federal Reserves' low interest rate policy in the early-to-mid 2000s was... truly a mistake:There is, however, active debate over whether there was a fourth mistake: whether Alan Greenspan's decision in 2001-2004 to ... (more) Yes Brad, the Fed's Low Interest Rate Policy Was a Mistake

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khaleejtimes.com - 6/29/2009
Khaleej Times Online - Sympathy for Greenspan
— khaleejtimes.com — In the circles in which I travel, there is near-universal consensus that America's monetary authorities made three... serious mistakes that contributed to and exacerbated the financial crisis. This consensus is almost always qualified by declarations ... (more) Khaleej Times Online - Sympathy for Greenspan

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economistsview.typepad.com - 6/30/2009
DeLong: Sympathy for Greenspan
— economistsview.typepad.com — Brad DeLong can't decide whether or not Greenspan made a mistake when he kept interest rates low... after the collapse of the dot.com bubble: Sympathy for Greenspan, by J. Bradford DeLong, Commentary, Project Syndicate : In the circles in which I ... (more) DeLong: Sympathy for Greenspan

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