这种对“格林斯潘对策”的迷信源自于这位前美联储主席一条众所周知的理念：美联储不应尝试压制一个快速上涨的股票市场，除非市场已经发展到了危及一般商品长期价格稳定性的程度。
The cult of the “Greenspan put” stemmed from the previous Fed chairman’s avowed belief that the Fed should not try to resist a sharply rising stock market, except to the extent that such a market undermines the long-term stability of prices for ordinary goods.