Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and the government of President George W. Bush were to blame for the U.S. financial crisis, Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz said in a magazine interview.
Earlier in April, Greenspan said in an interview with CNBC television that the U.S. economy was in recession and defended his chairmanship of the U.S. central bank against charges that his policy missteps had laid the groundwork for the crisis.
He said decisions during his charge had been rationally constructed based on evidence at the time.
Stiglitz said Bush's government was also to blame.
Greenspan, Bush to blame for U.S. crisis