格林斯潘使用超宽松货币政策清理2000年互联网泡沫破裂后的乱局，同时坚持美联储不应该因为对20世纪90年代末投机疯狂无动于衷而受到谴责。 他的这一观点受到广泛赞誉。
Greenspan took credit for using super-easy monetary policy to clean up the mess after the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, while insisting that the Fed should feel vindicated for not leaning against the speculative madness of the late 1990s.