Dr Greenspan’s defence: ‘It really wasn’t my fault’

The former Fed chairman tells Dominic Crossley-Holland that, on mature reflection, he doesn’t feel he should be blamed for a financial bubble blown by global economic forces

‘I feel bribed,’ said Dr Alan Greenspan in a soft voice. It had been a bit like a dinner party game. What do you give the world’s greatest living exponent of capitalism? The answer, according to his ever-helpful office: a box of rather swish dark chocolates.