Alan Greenspan Takes One Step Forward, Two Steps Back in Quest To "Talk/Act Like A Normal Person"

Posted by Bess Levin, Oct 01, 2007, 12:20pm

greenspan.jpgIn “fireside chat” to discuss his memoir, The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World, Alan Greenspan shocked interviewer Daniel Yergin by using the words “I” and “yup.” Then he recounted entertaining (horribly indulgent, enabling) relatives at a young age by doing math problems in his head, and estimated a 42.35% risk of recession.

The 42.35% Chance: A Chat with Greenspan [CNBC]

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Posted by , Oct 01, 2007 12:26PM

42.35%?? Has he ever heard of significant digits?

Posted by Cartman, Oct 01, 2007 12:55PM

Timmmmay! is closing his hedge fund. Most unsurprising news this week, I suppose.

Posted by , Oct 01, 2007 1:08PM

now Timmay is basically a pundit, after a short and unspectacular career trading his own pa. but he is also a media darling. the question is, how long can you be in investment guru without actively being involved?

i mean, Cramer does it, nobody is going to say he's out of touch, but Timmay is not Cramer.

so basically he is trying to make a career in media as a professional amateur investor? is that the gist?

Posted by Benny Bernanke, Oct 02, 2007 1:14AM

Hey anyone have the link to the interview?

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