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Aug 23, 2011: Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, says that a lack of long-term investment is slowing down the US economic recovery. Gillian Tett, the FT's US managing editor, analyses Mr Greenspan's thoughts on how this economic downturn is different from those in the past and how the US economy might recover in light of a global economic downturn.
