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Bursting Bubbles

Monday, March 24, 2008

Alan Greenspan — wise man or “Mr. Bubble”? MSN Money columnist William Fleckenstein offers a "revisionist history" of the former Fed chairman in his new book Greenspan's Bubbles. Plus, using Buddhism to weather the emotional storms of divorce, Congestion pricing goes down to the wire, and is it time to sell your gold?

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After The Gold Rush

Ann Zimmerman, staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal, talks about turning her gold jewelry into cash.

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Bursting Bubbles

William Fleckenstein, president of Fleckenstein Capital, MSN Money columnist and author, with Fred Sheehan, of Greenspan's Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve (McGraw-Hill, 2008), discusses the economy and Fed policy.

Bill Fleckenstein at MSN Money
Fleckenstein Capital

Congestion Pricing Countdown

Josh Robin, a reporter for NY1, kicks off our daily series leading up to the April 7th congestion pricing deadline with a run down of where the legislation stands right now.

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Detaching from Divorce

Gabriel Cohen, curator of Sundays at Sunny's and author of Storms Can't Hurt the Sky: A Buddhist Path Through Divorce (Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2008), talks about how Buddhism helped him weather the emotional storm of divorce.