stock market boom, the dotcom bubble, 9/11, the wars in iraq and afghanistan, 2 1/2 years after he left office the world was plunged into a deep financial crisis. i wanted to talk to him about the state of the u.s. economy, the actions and duties of the fed, much, much more. he has a new book out called the map and the territory. welcome. thank you very much. i m glad to be with you. so the news we have now is that the u.s. economy grew the last quarter 3.6%, faster than people anyone really expected. and the question i have for you is so we now have a kind of experiment of sorts which is the united states has pursued ever since the financial crisis a very expansionary monetary policy. you seem as though you re uncomfortable with this level of monetary expansion that the fed is doing. there s no doubt that the very low long-term interest
for almost 20 years, my next guest presided over america s economic well-being, from 1987 to 2006, allan greenspan was the chairman of the federal reserve board. shortly after his tenure began, black monday hit, then game the stock market boom, the dotcom bubble, 9/11s, the wars in iraq and afghanistan. two years after he left office, the world was plunged into a deep financial crisis. i wanted to talk about him about the actns and duties of the fed, and much, much more. he has a new book out called the map and the territory. the news that we have now is that the u.s. economy grew the last quarter 3.6%, faster than people, than anyone really, expected. the question i have for you, is that we now have a kind of experiment of sorts which is the