<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2448.0"> <TITLE>RE: Greenspan</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> > from Gallup's weekly update: > > "50% of Americans have a favorable opinion of Federal Reserve > Chairman, Alan Greenspan; 13% have an unfavorable opinion; 16% have no > opinion and 21% say they have never heard of him [August 16-18, 1999]" > > Doug Gallup's respondents seem a lot more plugged-in than Harris's (note Aug. 4 posting below).  Maybe it's just that a good number of Americans spent summer vacation catching up on their Fed watching. From:   Carl Remick [cremick@rlmnet.com] Sent:   Wednesday, August 04, 1999 4:46 PM To:     'lbo-talk@lists.panix.com' Subject:        Alan who? According to a new Harris poll whose results were just reported by Bloomberg, only 32% of the U.S. public can identify Alan Greenspan as the Fed Chairman.  However, they *can* identify the other guy who controls their lives.  Fully 63% know that Bill Gates is CEO of Microsoft. Carl </BODY> </HTML>