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April 14, 2010 at 3:15 PM #17344April 14, 2010 at 3:26 PM #539052
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GuestOf course, greed and human nature were responsible for the financial crisis.
I believe that Greenspan is the person most responsible for it.
1) He misjudged productivity increases due to technology. He’s old, doesn’t use technology and does not fully understand it.
2) He believed in the Great Moderation thinking that tech and speed of information travel created more efficient markets. It turns out that tech amplifies the herd mentality.
3) Despite his Ayn Rand worship, Greenspan misjudged human nature. Greenspan believed in self-preservation and he was correct. But he didn’t understand that humans only care about individual preservation and individual enrichment. Individual goals conflicted with institutional self-preservation.
April 14, 2010 at 3:26 PM #539173briansd1
GuestOf course, greed and human nature were responsible for the financial crisis.
I believe that Greenspan is the person most responsible for it.
1) He misjudged productivity increases due to technology. He’s old, doesn’t use technology and does not fully understand it.
2) He believed in the Great Moderation thinking that tech and speed of information travel created more efficient markets. It turns out that tech amplifies the herd mentality.
3) Despite his Ayn Rand worship, Greenspan misjudged human nature. Greenspan believed in self-preservation and he was correct. But he didn’t understand that humans only care about individual preservation and individual enrichment. Individual goals conflicted with institutional self-preservation.
April 14, 2010 at 3:26 PM #539640briansd1
GuestOf course, greed and human nature were responsible for the financial crisis.
I believe that Greenspan is the person most responsible for it.
1) He misjudged productivity increases due to technology. He’s old, doesn’t use technology and does not fully understand it.
2) He believed in the Great Moderation thinking that tech and speed of information travel created more efficient markets. It turns out that tech amplifies the herd mentality.
3) Despite his Ayn Rand worship, Greenspan misjudged human nature. Greenspan believed in self-preservation and he was correct. But he didn’t understand that humans only care about individual preservation and individual enrichment. Individual goals conflicted with institutional self-preservation.
April 14, 2010 at 3:26 PM #539734briansd1
GuestOf course, greed and human nature were responsible for the financial crisis.
I believe that Greenspan is the person most responsible for it.
1) He misjudged productivity increases due to technology. He’s old, doesn’t use technology and does not fully understand it.
2) He believed in the Great Moderation thinking that tech and speed of information travel created more efficient markets. It turns out that tech amplifies the herd mentality.
3) Despite his Ayn Rand worship, Greenspan misjudged human nature. Greenspan believed in self-preservation and he was correct. But he didn’t understand that humans only care about individual preservation and individual enrichment. Individual goals conflicted with institutional self-preservation.
April 14, 2010 at 3:26 PM #540003briansd1
GuestOf course, greed and human nature were responsible for the financial crisis.
I believe that Greenspan is the person most responsible for it.
1) He misjudged productivity increases due to technology. He’s old, doesn’t use technology and does not fully understand it.
2) He believed in the Great Moderation thinking that tech and speed of information travel created more efficient markets. It turns out that tech amplifies the herd mentality.
3) Despite his Ayn Rand worship, Greenspan misjudged human nature. Greenspan believed in self-preservation and he was correct. But he didn’t understand that humans only care about individual preservation and individual enrichment. Individual goals conflicted with institutional self-preservation.
April 14, 2010 at 3:28 PM #539057sdrealtor
ParticipantI’ll take the bullet;)
April 14, 2010 at 3:28 PM #539178sdrealtor
ParticipantI’ll take the bullet;)
April 14, 2010 at 3:28 PM #539645sdrealtor
ParticipantI’ll take the bullet;)
April 14, 2010 at 3:28 PM #539739sdrealtor
ParticipantI’ll take the bullet;)
April 14, 2010 at 3:28 PM #540008sdrealtor
ParticipantI’ll take the bullet;)
April 14, 2010 at 3:30 PM #539062briansd1
Guest[quote=sdrealtor]I’ll take the bullet;)[/quote]
Ah, Realtors. But of course. 😉
April 14, 2010 at 3:30 PM #539183briansd1
Guest[quote=sdrealtor]I’ll take the bullet;)[/quote]
Ah, Realtors. But of course. 😉
April 14, 2010 at 3:30 PM #539650briansd1
Guest[quote=sdrealtor]I’ll take the bullet;)[/quote]
Ah, Realtors. But of course. 😉
April 14, 2010 at 3:30 PM #539744briansd1
Guest[quote=sdrealtor]I’ll take the bullet;)[/quote]
Ah, Realtors. But of course. 😉
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