Posted on 30 January 2009
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Guardian in a recent report revealed the perpetrators of the global financial crisis. It revealed their names and photos too. The British Guardian newspaper on Monday published a list of people whose work has proved fatal for the world economy. Lies have been told by both policy makers and business sharks.
The publication also listed visionaries who, warned us long before the actual crisis hit our shores. Unfortunately for the all us, these people were not involved in the process of decision-making.
In its famous “black list” Guardian has 25 spots. Almost half of them are filled with the people that have something to do with economic crisis of today. here are some of political and financial heavy weights.
Bark up the wrong tree “guru”
Alan Greenspan, head of the U.S. Federal Reserve( 1987 to 2006), is on the list at number one. The most influential financier has received from fans the world title of “guru”, “oracle” and “maestro”. In the delight of observers led his calmness with which Greenspan has held America through crises of 1987 and 1991, as well as the collapse of IT-industry in 2000 and panic in the markets that followed the September 11, 2001. It was Greenspan in early 2000 pursued a policy of low rates of the Fed, which led to easy money and irresponsible distribution of loans by banks. Moreover, the head of the Fed encouraged mortgage borrowers to take loans with floating rates. When rates inevitably increased after the tightening of fiscal policy in the middle of this decade, the people proved to have nothing to pay sharply increased the cost of credit.
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Posted on 02 December 2008
Tags: Alan Greenspan, Bush, Chairman, credit crisis, economy, Federal Reserve System, global economic crisis, reasons behind crisis, the reason for economic crisis, united states, us housing bubble
It is now fairly established that the recent crisis in US sub-prime housing market is the primary reason behind the global economic melt-down. In order to fully understand the dynamics and depth of current global recession, It is very important to know what led us to this crisis. I have found the illustration below very thought-provoking and useful. It helped me explain the reasons effectively.
The visual guide to the financial crisis:
We all know, Alan Greenspan and Bush said they are sorry for the Global economic crisis. But do you know what Greenspan said in 2003?
“The notion of bubble bursting and the whole price level coming down seems to me as far as a national nationwide phenomenon, is really quite unlikely,” By Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve Chairman, in 2003.
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