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The man who knew : the life and times of Alan Greenspan

Title: The man who knew : the life and times of Alan Greenspan / Sebastian Mallaby.
Author: Mallaby, Sebastian
Publication: New York : Penguin Press, [2016].

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Description

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

Summary

A product of more than five years of research, Mallaby's magisterial biography of Alan Greenspan brings into focus the mysterious point where politics and the economy meet. Through Greenspan's story, Mallaby casts every presidency from Nixon to George W. Bush in a fresh new light. The story of Greenspan is also the story of the making of modern finance, for good and for ill. The Man Who Knew is a searching reckoning with what exactly comprised the art, and the possible, in the career of Alan Greenspan. --

Subjects

Genre/Form

Biographies.
Biography.

Note

"A Council on Foreign Relations Book."

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographic references (pages 695-755) and an 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.

Call Number

JBE 16-747

ISBN

9781594204845
1594204845

LCCN

2016017300

OCLC

942707479

Author

Mallaby, Sebastian, author.

Title

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

Publisher

New York : Penguin Press, [2016].

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographic references (pages 695-755) and an index.

Other Form:

Online version: Mallaby, Sebastian, author. Man who knew. New York : Penguin Press, 2016 9780698170018 (DLC) 2016028520

Research Call Number

JBE 16-747

JFE 17-5507

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