For 18½ years as Federal Reserve chairman, he was rhapsodized for helping drive a robust U.S. economy. Martin Wolf. Testimony of Chairman Alan Greenspan The current Asian crisis Before the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations of the Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate ... the Mexican crisis was the first such episode associated with our new high-tech international financial system.

ALAN GREENSPAN. Economic growth won't last as the U.S. labors under the burden of growing entitlement programs, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan tells CNBC.

Two years after Alan Greenspan left his nearly 20-year tenure as Federal Reserve Chairman in 2006, one of the biggest financial downturns in history occurred.

This photo taken Oct. 18, 2013 shows economist Alan Greenspan in his office in Washington.

The maestro admitted in an October congressional hearing that he had "made a mistake in presuming" that financial firms could regulate themselves.

Alan Greenspan was the chairman of the US Federal Reserve between 1987 and 2006, and many economists blamed him for the financial crisis. The current Asian crisis is the second.

Former Fed chief Alan Greenspan faced some of the toughest questioning yet about his role in the financial crisis at a hearing Wednesday marked by tense exchanges with a longtime foe. His role during the financial crisis.

(We'll be running a live blog of the testimony at the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission's latest round of hearings in Washington, D.C. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is scheduled to speak today; tomorrow will feature former Citigroup CEO Charles Prince and former Citigroup chairman and ex-Treasury …

From Enron to the Financial Crisis, With Alan Greenspan in Between Today's disaster is a result of lessons not learned during the Enron mess.

Alan Greenspan: The former chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as well as the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Fed's principal monetary policymaking body. ... Was Alan Greenspan to blame for the financial crisis. Alan Greenspan: The former chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as well as the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Fed's principal monetary policymaking body.

Now Alan Greenspan is being called a villain. In 2011 the bipartisan Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission found that Greenspan’s failure to curtail trade in securities backed by subprime mortgage loans (see also mortgage-backed security) during the U.S. housing bubble of the early 2000s and his advocacy of deregulation of the financial industry had contributed to the global financial crisis …

See pictures of Greenspan. Next ALAN GREENSPAN His role during the financial crisis Alan Greenspan was the chairman of the US Federal Reserve between 1987 and 2006, and many economists blamed him for the financial crisis. See the top 10 financial-crisis buzzwords.

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