Greenspanova chyba – pokud to vůbec chyba byla – spočívala spíše v neochotě zvrátit trh a agresivně zvedat úrokovou míru nad přirozenou úroveň, což by bylo prohloubilo a prodloužilo recesi, která započala v roce 2001.
Rather, Greenspan's mistake – if it was a mistake – was his failure to overrule the market and aggressively push the interest rate up above its natural rate, which would have deepened and prolonged the recession that started in 2001.