The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (612 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143111094 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 800 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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A former Financial Times contributing editor and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, Mallaby is the Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations.From the Hardcover edition.. Sebastian Mallaby is the author of several books, including the bestselling More Money Than God
The Man Who Knew will surely become the definitive Greenspan biography.” —Roger Lowenstein, author of America’s Bank: The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve, and When Genius Failed.. It is a biography of Alan Greenspan titled, “The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan.” Mr. Zoellick, Former President of the World Bank, US Trade Representative, and US Deputy Secretary of State "A fascinating and balanced study of arguably the most important figure of the post-war global financial scene.”—Mervyn King, Former Governor of the Bank of England and Chairman of its Monetary Policy Committee "Admire him or despise him, Alan Greenspan was the preeminent financial statesman of the post-war era. Greenspan is a f
A master at explaining the economic weather to captains of industry, he translated that skill into advising Richard Nixon in his 1968 campaign. At his retirement in 2006, he was lauded as the age's necessary man, the veritable God in the machine, the global economy's avatar. The Man Who Knew is a searching reckoning with what exactly comprised the art, and the possible, in the career of Alan Greenspan.From the Hardcover edition.. A close reading of Greenspan's life provides fascinating answers to these questions, answers whose lessons we would do well to heed. Because perhaps Mallaby's greatest lesson is that economic statesmanship, like political statesmanship, is the art of the possible. To argue that he didn't know the risks in irrational markets is to miss the point. This led to a perch on the White House Council of Economic Advisers, and then to a dazzling array of business and government roles, from which the path to the Fed was relatively clear. Mallaby argues that the conventional wisdom is off base: Greenspan wasn't a naïve ideologue who believed greater regulation was unnecessary. He had pressed for greater regulation of some key areas of finance over the years, and had gotten nowhere. To understand Greenspan's story is to see the economic and political landscape of the last 30 years--and the presidency from Reagan to G
A book for the times 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 compelli. "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 wante. 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 wante. 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 wante. 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 wante. The flaw J. Werner 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 phi