Booms and Busts

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Grant M. Nülle

Grant Nülle tells the story of a nation ruined by debt, fiscal profligacy, and paper money—with the IMF and the US as the enabler.

Frank Shostak

So Greenspan says that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are so big and so out of control that they represent a threat to the whole financial system. Well, asks Frank Shostak, just how does Greenspan think they got to be that way? Might it have something to do with a central bank that guarantees the life of not only these two institutions but every bank in the US?