Read more Alan Greenspan stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2303/alan-greenspan.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:11:41 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73751/financial-reform-how-to-prevent-another-greenspan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThere's a lot riding on reform of the financial industry, but the administration's plans to overhaul financial regulation carries the seeds of its own destruction, writes Thomas Frank. Taking oversight away from the present confusing array of agencies and making the Federal Reserve One Big Regulator means that when the...http://www.newser.com/story/73751/financial-reform-how-to-prevent-another-greenspan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 9:44:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72736/soros-to-spend-50m-to-reinvent-economics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGeorge Soros has decided to spend $50 million to launch a new think tank charged with reinventing the field of economics, which the Hungarian-American billionaire calls "a dogma whose time has passed." The Institute of New Economic Thinking, whose board members include luminaries such as Joseph Stiglitz and Jeffrey Sachs,...http://www.newser.com/story/72736/soros-to-spend-50m-to-reinvent-economics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 9:44:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72174/americas-most-powerful-octogenarians.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRetirement? Bah! Slate’s annual 80 for 80 list ranks America’s mightiest octogenarians, giving extra credit for post-80 achievements, and “being really, really old.” The top: Thomas Monson (82): As the head of the Mormon church, 13 million people think he’s a prophet “in the same way they view Abraham, Moses,...http://www.newser.com/story/72174/americas-most-powerful-octogenarians.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 16:25:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68914/greenspan-crisis-will-happen-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAnother financial crisis is inevitable "unless somebody can find a way to change human nature," says Alan Greenspan in an interview with the BBC. The former Fed chairman—who has faced stinging criticism for his own role in precipitating the 2008-09 global recession—denied any responsibility for the crisis, saying...http://www.newser.com/story/68914/greenspan-crisis-will-happen-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Sep 2009 5:26:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55756/mens-skivvy-sales-spell-more-trouble.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMore bad news, this time from the men’s underwear department. One of former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan’s favorite metrics for predicting changes in consumer spending was the sales of men’s skivvies, the Huffington Post reports. It seems that sales are projected to decline 2.3% this year, revised down from...http://www.newser.com/story/55756/mens-skivvy-sales-spell-more-trouble.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Apr 2009 9:41:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51559/stop-stalling-and-nationalize-bailout-banks-krugman.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe case for temporarily nationalizing some of America's biggest banks is so persuasive that even Alan Greenspan, the baron of laissez-faire capitalism, thinks it's a good idea. Yet the Obama administration keeps proposing half-measures and workarounds. New York Times columnist Paul Krugman says the government should get it over with:...http://www.newser.com/story/51559/stop-stalling-and-nationalize-bailout-banks-krugman.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Feb 2009 9:24:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51119/nationalize-some-banks-greenspan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlan Greenspan, once famed for his light touch, now says the US may have to temporarily nationalize some banks. The former Fed chairman said in an interview with the Financial Times that some institutions need government ownership to restore liquidity and help shore up the larger financial system. "In some...http://www.newser.com/story/51119/nationalize-some-banks-greenspan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Feb 2009 8:06:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49242/andrea-mitchell-gay-icon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCher, Barbra Streisand, Madonna … and NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell? Yes, John Koblin and Zachary Woolfe write in the New York Observer , Mrs. Alan Greenspan is an icon to gay men, if not as celebrated. “She’s the Golden Girls rolled into one,” one fan says: “The body of Sophia, the...http://www.newser.com/story/49242/andrea-mitchell-gay-icon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Jan 2009 13:30:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49017/25-people-responsible-for-the-crisis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe current recession is a wholly man-made phenomenon, the Guardian reminds us, and they’ve got the names of those responsible. Here are four from their list of 25: Alan Greenspan: Fed chair for 19 years, Greenspan kept interest rates low as the housing bubble developed, backed subprime lending and variable...http://www.newser.com/story/49017/25-people-responsible-for-the-crisis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Jan 2009 15:25:29 CST