Bibliograph

The man who knew, the life and times of Alan Greenspan, Sebastian Mallaby

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The man who knew, the life and times of Alan Greenspan, Sebastian Mallaby

Language

eng

Bibliography note

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

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The man who knew

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

942707479

Responsibility statement

Sebastian Mallaby

Sub title

the life and times of Alan Greenspan

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. --, adapted from dust jacket

Table Of 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

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