http://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/05/business/the-quiet-allure-of-alan-greenspan.html?pagewanted=2 http://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/05/business/the-quiet-allure-...

http://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/05/business/the-quiet-allure-of-alan-greenspan.html?pagewanted=2 http://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/05/business/the-quiet-allure-... That did in fact happen and was being done by economists. This was about 35 years ago though, so I have no idea if the effect is still in place