An infectious greed seemed to grip much of our business community.

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An infectious greed seemed to grip much of our business community.

Alan Greenspan

2002

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Dot com bubble Financial panics and bubbles The stock market

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2002

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Alan Greenspan

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Greenspan, Alan. "Federal Reserve Board's Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress." Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U. S. Senate. 16 July 2002, Washington DC, USA.

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An infectious greed seemed to grip much of our business community. — Alan Greenspan

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