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Economist Scott Sumner argues that Alan Greenspan was clearly mistaken in his assessment that stocks were overvalued in 1996. In a weekend commentary published on 11 July 2026, Sumner revisits Greenspan’s record following the former Fed chair’s recent death and contends the market of 1996 did not exhibit excessive valuation.
Sumner recalls and analyzes several of Greenspan’s policy choices and actions, examining their implications for how equity valuations were interpreted at the time. The piece focuses on correcting what Sumner sees as a long-standing misreading of late-1990s market conditions.
The commentary places Greenspan’s legacy in the context of historical debates over central-bank influence on asset prices and offers a reassessment of a specific 1996 valuation claim. #AlanGreenspan #ScottSumner #markets #FiatNews
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