It'd be fascinating to hear what he thinks, if he'd actually tell you. The guys who are most frequently mentioned for the job are all ivory tower types. I don't think anyone has the breadth and experience dealing with the business community as Greenspan did when he came on the job. Certainly they don't have as much experience as he accumulated in the past 17 years. Tom Schlesinger
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![[This is the most sluggish recovery on record, which seems to puzzle the Fed chairman. But it reflects the Greenspan style of running things; he presided over a similarly tepid recovery in the early 1990s. Tom Schlesinger, director of the Financial Markets Center, a monetary-policy watchdog, thinks the lopsided economy is the most disturbing hallmark of Greenspan's governance.] The Fed has said almost nothing about this, except [vice chairman] Roger Ferguson says there's nothing the Fed can do particularly, ... The jobless recovery appears to be a new feature of the US business cycle. Yet the principal agent of economic management says nothing. - Tom Schlesinger Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBUb20gU2NobGVzaW5nZXIgICAg&num=13 "[This is the most sluggish recovery on record, which seems to puzzle the Fed chairman. But it reflects the Greenspan style of running things; he presided over a similarly tepid recovery in the early 1990s. Tom Schlesinger, director of the Financial Markets Center, a monetary-policy watchdog, thinks the lopsided economy is the most disturbing hallmark of Greenspan's governance.] The Fed has said almost nothing about this, except [vice chairman] Roger Ferguson says there's nothing the Fed can do particularly, ... The jobless recovery appears to be a new feature of the US business cycle. Yet the principal agent of economic management says nothing. - Tom Schlesinger Quotes")
