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Alan Greenspan​‌​‌​‍​​‍‍​‌‍​​​​‌‍​‌‍‍‍

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Federal Reserve Chairman who opposed derivatives regulation
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← Robert Rubin person
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Rubin and Greenspan together suppressed Brooksley Born's derivatives regulation at the CFTC, issued joint statements opposing CFTC oversight, and were celebrated as 'The Committee to Save the World' by Time Magazine while dismantling the regulatory framework that could have prevented the 2008 crisis.
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Primary Source Greenspan told Born at lunch that he didn't think there was need ​‌​‌​‍​​‍‍​‌‍​​​​‌‍​‌‍‍‍for law against fraud, believing market would take care of itself
Primary Source POGO meeting notes show Greenspan warned regulation could 'suppress OTC deriv​‌​‌​‍​​‍‍​‌‍​​​​‌‍​‌‍‍‍atives business' and regulators wouldn't be able to 'put cork back in bottle'
Date: 1998-04-21 Added: 16 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: POGO released meeting notes
Primary Source On May 7, 1998, within hours of CFTC issuing concept release on derivatives regulation, Greenspan, Rubin and​‌​‌​‍​​‍‍​‌‍​​​​‌‍​‌‍‍‍ Levitt issued joint statement expressing 'grave concerns' and calling for congressional action to stop CFTC
Date: 1998-05-07 Added: 16 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Multiple news reports and POGO documents
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← Robert Rubin person
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Rubin and Greenspan together suppressed Brooksley Born's derivatives regulation at the CFTC, issued joint statements opposing CFTC oversight, and were celebrated as 'The Committee to Save the World' by Time Magazine while dismantling the regulatory framework that could have prevented the 2008 crisis.
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1996-08-00 ↗ Born's testimony confirmed by Michael Greenberger and Daniel Waldman web_search Processed
1998-04-21 ↗ POGO released meeting notes web_search Processed
1998-05-07 ↗ Multiple news reports and POGO documents web_search Processed