Comments on: Alan Greenspan isn’t a capitalist but he plays one in the media http://blog.aynrandcenter.org/alan-greenspan-isnt-a-capitalist-but-he-plays-one-in-the-media/ Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:57:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Stefan Karlsson http://blog.aynrandcenter.org/alan-greenspan-isnt-a-capitalist-but-he-plays-one-in-the-media/comment-page-1/#comment-2053 Stefan Karlsson Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:23:41 +0000 http://blog.aynrandcenter.org/?p=4166#comment-2053 You may have already noticed this, but in case you haven't, I quoted this post in my latest blog post http://stefanmikarlsson.blogspot.com/2009/11/ayn-rand-investment-genius.html You may have already noticed this, but in case you haven’t, I quoted this post in my latest blog post
http://stefanmikarlsson.blogspot.com/2009/11/ayn-rand-investment-genius.html

]]> By: Damien Foley http://blog.aynrandcenter.org/alan-greenspan-isnt-a-capitalist-but-he-plays-one-in-the-media/comment-page-1/#comment-1945 Damien Foley Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:47:41 +0000 http://blog.aynrandcenter.org/?p=4166#comment-1945 Do you remember that bit in Atlas Shrugged when Wesley Mouch is whining, "It's not my fault I needed more powers." Well, this talk that the American economy wasn't really pro-capitalist and that Greenspan was actually opposed to laissez-faire markets reminds me very much of that scene. I wonder if somebody in the Ayn Rand center might be so good as to direct me to complaints they made that Greenspan didn't "advocated genuinely free markets for decades" when Bush was giving him medals for his economic policy. Do you remember that bit in Atlas Shrugged when Wesley Mouch is whining, “It’s not my fault I needed more powers.” Well, this talk that the American economy wasn’t really pro-capitalist and that Greenspan was actually opposed to laissez-faire markets reminds me very much of that scene.

I wonder if somebody in the Ayn Rand center might be so good as to direct me to complaints they made that Greenspan didn’t “advocated genuinely free markets for decades” when Bush was giving him medals for his economic policy.

]]> By: Mikiel de Bary http://blog.aynrandcenter.org/alan-greenspan-isnt-a-capitalist-but-he-plays-one-in-the-media/comment-page-1/#comment-1829 Mikiel de Bary Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:35:31 +0000 http://blog.aynrandcenter.org/?p=4166#comment-1829 Absolutely. And "too big to fail" is destruction, not preservation, of the system (the free market). It preserves only the established order, as perceived by politicians and their lackeys, the macroeconomists. Absolutely. And “too big to fail” is destruction, not preservation, of the system (the free market). It preserves only the established order, as perceived by politicians and their lackeys, the macroeconomists.

]]> By: John Phillips http://blog.aynrandcenter.org/alan-greenspan-isnt-a-capitalist-but-he-plays-one-in-the-media/comment-page-1/#comment-1822 John Phillips Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:15:39 +0000 http://blog.aynrandcenter.org/?p=4166#comment-1822 To me, this sentence sounds like we should argue against Ayn Rand, and against Von Mises. I know I must be mistaken, but can you make it a little more clear? Thanks. "Please, anyone who wants to have an intellectually clear debate about our predicament and how to answer it, stop associating Greenspan with the free market and argue against real free-market thinkers such as Ayn Rand, Ludwig Von Mises, and those who apply their principles today." To me, this sentence sounds like we should argue against Ayn Rand, and against Von Mises. I know I must be mistaken, but can you make it a little more clear? Thanks.
“Please, anyone who wants to have an intellectually clear debate about our predicament and how to answer it, stop associating Greenspan with the free market and argue against real free-market thinkers such as Ayn Rand, Ludwig Von Mises, and those who apply their principles today.”

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