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2016 Postmortem

jamese777

(546 posts)

11. Janet Yellen has a four year term

Reply to rhett o rick (Original post)

Mon Jun 6, 2016, 01:18 PM

Jun 2016

as Fed Chair and her first term isn't up until 2018. By then Allan Greenspan will be 92 years old.
Bill Clinton appointed Janet Yellen to be Chair of his Council of Economic Advisors in 1997.

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Would a Clinton presidency bring back Alan Greenspan? [View all] rhett o rick Jun 2016 OP

No...nt SidDithers Jun 2016 #1

I hope not. Maybe the Clintons have learned their lesson. rhett o rick Jun 2016 #17

what an incredible bogus stretch. Trying to tie Clinton to Rand. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #2

Alan Greenspans physical appearance has nothing to do with the reverence that the Clinton's rhett o rick Jun 2016 #13

Desperate times call for desperate ops. hrmjustin Jun 2016 #3

Yes. Lewinsky too. nt firebrand80 Jun 2016 #4

How about this line from the GOP - "If you want your taxes raised, vote for Bernie". tonyt53 Jun 2016 #5

that would get us slaughtered in the general election. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #14

oh, please. That is not why Reagan defeated Mondale. merrily Jun 2016 #28

Bill liked Greenspan. Hillary did say she would put Bill in charge of the Exilednight Jun 2016 #6

The wealthy 1% love Greenspan/Rand because their philosophy promoted rhett o rick Jun 2016 #21

Sure, even if he dies between now and her inauguration. She has the ability to resurrect the dead! stevenleser Jun 2016 #7

Janet Louise Yellen Algernon Moncrieff Jun 2016 #8

Smart bet. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #26

Greenspan had the guts to admit he was wrong on allowing the free markets to correct. puffy socks Jun 2016 #9

Alan Greenspan, born March 6, 1926, is 90 years old. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #10

you're forgetting about #berniemath. Anything is possible. You only need to twist enough. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #15

I am too old to play competitive twister. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #16

Bernie Isn't. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #25

Well Bless his little heart. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #31

Janet Yellen has a four year term jamese777 Jun 2016 #11

How modern "capitalism" works, unbeknownst to idiot ideologues like Alan Greenspan BernieforPres2016 Jun 2016 #12

Great post. Thanks. rhett o rick Jun 2016 #19

And Johnny Carson, itsrobert Jun 2016 #18

Sure, they'll put his brain in a US Robotics Exoskeleton and he'll FSogol Jun 2016 #20

No. Dem2 Jun 2016 #22

Good question. If the hubz has a say we'll probably get a Greenspan surrogate. ancianita Jun 2016 #23

Do you always see the negative in things? Andy823 Jun 2016 #24

I volunteer at a foodbank and work with the homeless. I have friends and family that either rhett o rick Jun 2016 #30

the way Hillary screwed over Andrea Mitchell...not happening. nt Jack Bone Jun 2016 #27

It will be some other wall street hack. That's her orders. onecaliberal Jun 2016 #29

In retrospect, he undeniably kept interest rates too low for too long, encouraging the bubble. Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #32

The quotes in the OP indicate that he believed in the integrity of the unregulated capitalism. rhett o rick Jun 2016 #34

What do you think of Janet Yellen's approach to interest rates? (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #35

He never left. CobaltBlue Jun 2016 #33

Well, maybe she could get him through the first term if he were embalmed ahead of time. longship Jun 2016 #36