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10) "The Bankers' Regime," Robert B. Reich, The American Prospect vol. 9, No. 41, November 1, 1998 - December 1, 1998

11) "...Alan Greenspan, who has repeatedly argued that U.S. economic statistics should be more consistent with the optimistic reports of US business people, is still the chief financial officer." " A True and fair view of Productivity; Alan Greenspan has endorsed an overstatment of US Economic perfomrance comparable to Enron's accounting methods, says John Kay', Financial Times, Febraury 28, 2002

12) 'Dear Alan: Butt Out', Editorial Staff, The Nation, February 19, 2001: "Political cross-dressing by the Democrats ended on January 25 in Washington when their erstwhile conservative patron, Alan Greenspan, abruptly jilted them. Under Bill Clinton's tutelage, the party of working people held the hem of the Federal Reserve chairman's dark robes and pretended to be fiscal conservatives, just like him. We must not cut taxes, they insisted piously, we must instead use the burgeoning federal surpluses to pay off the national debt. Greenspan would solemnly bless these expressions of Hooverite restraint. During the Clinton years, Greenspan did his own turn at cross-dressing, making chummy with a Democratic President who followed his directions. Now that a new President from the Party of Money is in power, Greenspan returns to the one true faith--rescuing business and the wealthy from the clutches of government. His pronouncements will inspire a lobbying contest among the upscale interests to see who can extract the most boodle from the Treasury" "The Political Fed', Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect, February 26, 2001; "So Alan Greenspan is a political animal. Once Clinton agreed to the stringent program of deficit reduction the Fed wanted, Greenspan was willing to make Clinton look good."