Nov 07 2007
Greenspan’s Verbal Monkey Wrenches

This is the point of yesterday’s Fed post. Information is important to the economy and Greenspan’s talking doesn’t necessarily make Bernanke’s job any easier. Hey, we believe in free speech as much as anybody. But that doesn’t mean it’s appropriate to shout “Fire!” in a crowded economy.
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