- Economic policy is not "accidental". The Fed's policies were designed to create a crisis, and that crisis was intended to coincide with the activation of a nation-wide police-state. It is foolish to think that Greenspan or his fellows did not grasp the implications of the system they put in place. They knew exactly what they were doing. And, they're also all familiar with Ludwig von Mises, who said: "There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion." http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_2268.shtml 3 comments reddit.com