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Mallaby, Sebastian
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Greenspan, Alan, 1926-
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)
Economists -- United States -- Biography.
Government economists -- United States -- Biography.
Monetary policy -- United States.
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Mallaby, Sebastian
Greenspan, Alan, 1926-
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)
Economists -- United States -- Biography.
Government economists -- United States -- Biography.
Monetary policy -- United States.
MARC Display
The
man
who
knew
: the
life
and
times
of
Alan
Greenspan
/ Sebastian Mallaby.
by
Mallaby, Sebastian
Penguin Press, 2016.
Call #:
332.11092 G815m
Subjects
Greenspan
,
Alan
, 1926-
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)
Economists -- United States -- Biography.
Government economists -- United States -- Biography.
Monetary policy -- United States.
ISBN:
9781594204845 (hbk)
1594204845 (hbk)
Description:
xv, 781 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
"A Council on Foreign Relations Book."
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 695-755) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: "He has set a standard" -- Book I: The idealogue. The feeling of a conqueror -- The un-Keynsian -- The rebirth of money -- Ayn Rand's undertaker -- Against the new frontier -- Book II. The politician. A Libertarian for Nixon -- Do-nothingism -- A minority of one -- Between Thatcher and Kissinger -- The first housing conundrum -- Republican dreamers -- "Do we really need the Fed?" -- A Republican Volcker -- Without the cigar -- Book III. The central banker. "
Greenspan
's irrelevant" -- Light Black Monday -- The gun-shy chairman -- "You're the big guru" -- Maestro --
Alan
versus
Alan
-- The zipswitch chairman -- Irrational exuberance -- "The best economy I've ever seen" -- "Uncle
Alan
will take care of us" --
Alan
.com -- "A very surreal environment" -- Lowflation -- The four winds -- "I found a flaw" -- The blind roller skater.
Summary:
Traces the
life
and career of one of the most important economic statesmen of the modern era, describing the array of business and government positions that led to his chairmanship of the Federal Reserve and how the financial crisis of 2008 damaged his reputation.
Genre:
Biographies.
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