The Economic Costs of Government Activism
Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan argues that government activism during the past two years is the primary culprit for the...
Speaker: Alan Greenspan, President, Greenspan Associates LLC; Former Chairman, Federal Reserve
Presider: Roger C. Altman, Founder and Chairman, Evercore Partners, Inc.
March 15, 2011
Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan argues that government activism during the past two years is the primary culprit for the tepid recovery and high unemployment.
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Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan argues that government activism during the past two years is the primary culprit for the...
Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan argues that government activism during the past two years is the primary culprit for the tepid...
Alan Greenspan breaks down why the road to economic recovery has been so slow.
The U.S. government is incurring debt at an unprecedented rate.