http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/anthony_barnett_opendemocracy_net/greenspan_ruefully_passes_the_buck Comments for "Greenspan RUEFULLY passes the buck!, " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/anthony_barnett_opendemocracy_net/greenspan_ruefully_passes_the_buck <p>The leading Repubican financial regulator Alan Greenspan, one of the architects of today&#39;s global order has just published his memoirs, The Age of Turbulence. Paul Krugman <a href="http://www.iht.com/protected/articles/2007/09/17/news/edkrug.php">takes him apart</a> and shows how he is whitewashing his role and trying the &#39;don&#39;t blame me it was my brother-in-law&#39; gambit as we totter on the edge of a crash. Now he&#39;s just given an interview to Richard Adams in <a href="http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2174665,00.html">today&#39;s Guardian</a>. He had praised the intelligence of Cheney and Rumsfeld. &quot;They [meaning the Republicans, his own party] had the Presidency and control of both house of Congress and a budget surplus, and a very capable group of people.&quot; So, the interviewer asks &quot;what went wrong?&quot; He shakes his head ruefully, &quot;I don&#39;t know&quot;. </p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/anthony_barnett_opendemocracy_net/greenspan_ruefully_passes_the_buck" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/anthony_barnett_opendemocracy_net/greenspan_ruefully_passes_the_buck">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/anthony_barnett_opendemocracy_net/greenspan_ruefully_passes_the_buck#comment American Power Anthony Barnett oD Today Sat, 22 Sep 2007 15:45:28 +0100 Anthony Barnett 34607 at http://www.opendemocracy.net