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Alan Greenspan’s Biggest Mistake

June 26, 2026 / 00:41

This episode discusses the financial crisis, the role of former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, and his reflections on free market capitalism.

Alan Greenspan acknowledges his failure to predict the great financial crisis, which he handed off to Ben Bernanke. He expresses that this was a significant shock for him.

Greenspan's admission highlights the risks taken by financial firms and how it impacted his views on capitalism.

TLDR

Alan Greenspan reflects on missing the financial crisis and its impact on his views of capitalism.

Episode

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The big blemish, and we must address it, was clearly he missed the great financial crisis. Now, he was not

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chairman during the great financial crisis. You know, he handed it off to Ben Bernanke right before that,

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but he missed it, and he admitted before Congress that he missed it. And he actually admitted that it was probably

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one of the biggest shocks of his life that these firms would have loaded themselves up with such risky bets, and

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that really shook some of his faith in some aspects of free market capitalism, of which he was a he was a big

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supporter, as we know.

Episode Highlights

The Big Blemish
He missed the great financial crisis, admitting it was a major shock.
“He missed it, and he admitted before Congress that he missed it.”
@ 00m 13s
June 26, 2026

Episode Quotes

He admitted before Congress that he missed it.
Alan Greenspan’s Biggest Mistake
It was probably one of the biggest shocks of his life.
Alan Greenspan’s Biggest Mistake
That really shook some of his faith in free market capitalism.
Alan Greenspan’s Biggest Mistake

Key Moments

Financial Crisis Admission00:13
Shaken Faith00:31