Friday, October 24, 2008

Really Alan, what were you smoking?

Mr. Greenspan admitted that he had put too much faith in the self-correcting power of free markets and had failed to anticipate the self-destructive power of wanton mortgage lending.

“Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders’ equity, myself included, are in a state of shocked disbelief,” he told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Again, where are the shareholders and Boards of Directors in these instances.

Have Boards forgotten that they get paid very healthy sums for oversight and control?