10/24/2008

Myth break up

Greenspan Concedes Error on Regulation - NYTimes.com

Alan Greenspan, former Federal Reserve chairman, with John Snow, former Secretary of the Treasury, at a hearing on Capitol Hill on Thursday.
"Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders’ equity, myself included, are in a state of shocked disbelief."

“Yes, I’ve found a flaw. I don’t know how significant or permanent it is. But I’ve been very distressed by that fact.”

“Were you wrong?” Mr. Waxman asked.

“Partially,” the former Fed chairman reluctantly answered.

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