The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (996 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1594204845 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 800 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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A former Financial Times contributing editor and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, Mallaby is the Paul A. Sebastian Mallaby is the author of several books, including the bestselling More Money Than God. . Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations
Greenspan is a fascinating subject because for so long he was considered a genius, only to later be blamed for the financial crisis. But Greider’s work was flawed because he pushed his reporting through a meat grinder of questionable economic theories. Edgar Hoover of economics. economic and political history will enjoy The Man Who Knew.” –Ben Bernanke“While Greenspan was (and is) a more capable economist than he gets credit for these days, he was an even better politician….This view
"A book for the times" according to R. Anthony. THE MAN WHO KNEW is the perfect book for this time in our country's history. Mr. Mallaby's book is a thorough review of the Fed System, including FOMC deliberations, the materiality of politics that impact Fed decisions and the politics of arm twisting that are so prevalent in this arena.What makes this book so very compelling is associated with the vas. "Terrific book about a towering figure of the last Terrific book about a towering figure of the last 40 plus years. Narut Ujnat Allen Greenspan is a towering figure in American lives for the last 30 plus years whether people really to or not. When I saw this book, I thought I would pass because I had read Greenspan's autobiography (which was well done). However, after listening to Mallaby in an interview and reading the many positive reviews, I wanted to read this bookThis is a . 0 plus years." according to Narut Ujnat. Allen Greenspan is a towering figure in American lives for the last Terrific book about a towering figure of the last Terrific book about a towering figure of the last 40 plus years. Narut Ujnat Allen Greenspan is a towering figure in American lives for the last 30 plus years whether people really to or not. When I saw this book, I thought I would pass because I had read Greenspan's autobiography (which was well done). However, after listening to Mallaby in an interview and reading the many positive reviews, I wanted to read this bookThis is a . 0 plus years. Allen Greenspan is a towering figure in American lives for the last 30 plus years whether people really to or not. When I saw this book, I thought I would pass because I had read Greenspan's autobiography (which was well done). However, after listening to Mallaby in an interview and reading the many positive reviews, I wanted to read this bookThis is a . 0 plus years whether people really to or not. When I saw this book, I thought I would pass because I had read Greenspan's autobiography (which was well done). However, after listening to Mallaby in an interview and reading the many positive reviews, I wanted to read this bookThis is a . J. Werner said The flaw. This is my second book by Mallaby. I enjoyed it equally as well.It's rather clear Greenspan's brilliance and desire for greatness led him to his chairmanship of the Federal Reserve. But his core beliefs as refined by Rand never allowed him to get beyond his central conflict. This libertarian had to wrestle daily with the philosophical and real contradic
In his analysis, and in his core mission of keeping inflation in check, he was a maestro indeed, and hailed as such. Bush--in a whole new light. The definitive biography of the most important economic statesman of our time Sebastian Mallaby's magisterial biography of Alan Greenspan, the product of over five years of research based on untrammeled access to his subject and his closest professional and personal intimates, brings into vivid focus the mysterious point where the government and the economy meet. The story of Greenspan is also the story of the making of modern finance, for good and for ill. Greenspan's life is a quintessential American success story: raised by a single mother in the Jewish émigré community of Washington Heights, he was a math prodigy who found a niche as a stats-crunching consultant. As the most influential economic statesman of his age, Greenspan spent a lifetime grappling with a momentous shift: the transformation of finance from the fixed and regulated system of the post-war era to the free-for-all of the past quarter century. Mallaby argues that the con