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Author:

Mallaby, Sebastian, author.

Title:

The man who knew : the life and times of Alan Greenspan / Sebastian Mallaby.

Publisher:

Penguin Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xv, 781 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

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.

Notes:

"A Council on Foreign Relations Book." 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.

ISBN:

1594204845 (hbk)
9781594204845 (hbk)
0698170016 (ebk)
9780698170018 (ebk)

LCCN:

2016017300

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