Bernanke pulling a Greenspan(bubble blower)
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http://www.cnbc.com/id/36228883 "I am confident that holding rates down at artificially low levels over extended periods encourages bubbles, because it encourages debt over equity and consumption over savings," Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas Hoenig told a group of business people. "While we may not know where the bubble will emerge, these conditions left unchanged will invite a credit boom and, inevitably, a bust," he said. "The time is right to put the market on notice that it must again manage its risk, be accountable for its actions, and cease its reliance on assurances that the Federal Reserve, not they, will manage the risks they must deal with in a market economy," Hoenig said.
And James Grant discusses Bernanke's mentor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4abaHBbMJM&feature=player_embedded#