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tsetsefly
11-08-2007, 06:35 PM
First, dont move this from this forum it has to do with Ron Paul and the Gold Standard.

Greenspan was on the Daily Show about a month back and it was very good interview. In it he states:
1. We do not have a true free market, as long as there is a central bank controlling the monney supply there is no free market.
2. There was no need for the Federal Reserve when we where on the Gold Standard( which just shows that the FED was NOT needed when it was created)
3. He talks about how much "power" the fed has on affecting the economy.

Here is the video and transcript:

vid: http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/13128-daily-show-alan-greenspan
text: http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2007/10/alan-greenspan-.html

good analysis: http://divisionoflabour.com/archives/004047.php

Dont knwo how many people saw this, but I sure hope it raised some eyebrows on the Fed, btw not that greenspan is out of the Fed, he should really question the necessity of a central back especially considering how he is/was an objectivist or libertarian an was a proponent of the gold standard...

foofighter20x
11-08-2007, 06:44 PM
oooooooold :p but still good...

tsetsefly
11-08-2007, 07:03 PM
oooooooold :p but still good...

yeah I knew it was old but if you miss 1 hour here you might miss a post lol, btw I did a search and didnt find it so...

steph3n
11-08-2007, 07:04 PM
This link works better for me, this site you linked to is too choppy:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=102970&title=alan-greenspan&tag=generic_tag_alan_greenspan&itemId=106523

Adamsa
11-08-2007, 07:05 PM
He should endorse Ron Paul. :P

ShowMeLiberty
11-08-2007, 07:10 PM
This is solid gold information!

tsetsefly
11-08-2007, 07:16 PM
could some of you youtube this video? needs to be shown!

Jordan
11-08-2007, 07:17 PM
An endorsement from him would be amazing.

shortna
11-10-2007, 01:31 AM
I think it would be helpful if someone did video compilation with Ron Paul talking about the Fed and Greenspan essentially agreeing that we don’t need the Fed in its current state. About as close to an endorsement you can get otherwise.

Here is another interview with Greenspan regarding the Fed and fiat money at 6:30 in video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjMQG3qUFKo