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Alan Greenspan

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Alan Greenspan's Biography

Alan Greenspan (born March 6, 1926, English pronunciation: /ˈælɨn ˈɡriːnspæn/) is an American economist who served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States from 1987 to 2006. He currently works as a private adviser and provides consulting for firms through his company, Greenspan Associates LLC. First appointed Federal Reserve chairman by President Ronald Reagan in August 1987, he was reappointed at successive four-year intervals until retiring on January 31, 2006 after the second-longest tenure in the position.

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Greenspan said regulators could not be expected to predict and prevent crises
Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan -- pictured in 2005 -- has denied his policies encouraged the type of risky lending that spurred the financial crisis, in testimony to a federal investigative panel.
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  • Bank of England under pressure despite agreeing to banking crisis review

    News Source: Guardian Unlimited | 4 days ago
    Felix Clay The Bank of England remained under intense pressure to embark on sweeping reforms of the way it operates even as it appeared to cave in to political pressure by announcing a review into its handling of the 2008 banking crisis. Bank's
  • Fed Is Firmly on Course, Minutes Show

    News Source: The New York Times | 9 days ago
    The Federal Reserve is solidly entrenched in its current policies and there is little sign that a change is in the offing, according to an account the Fed published Wednesday of the most recent meeting of its policy-making committee. The Fed released
  • Why JPMorgan Chase is not "Too Big To Fail"

    News Source: The Motley Fool | 10 days ago
    It was not long ago when progressive, nonprofit groups such as USPirg were applauding efforts to limit bank interchange fees, or swipe fees that banks were charging for the use of check cards. Of course, the Durbin Amendment did pass, and many

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  • Firing Alan Greenspan | Michael Hudson

    Blog Source: michael-hudson.com | 8 days ago
    During the interview for the documentary Real Estate 4 Ransom, Prof Michael Hudson discusses Greenspan's reputation in his formative days on Wall St, disc...
  • Michael Hudson: Firing Alan Greenspan « Dandelion Salad

    Blog Source: dandelionsalad.wordpress.com | 8 days ago
    They increased it largely by having Alan Greenspan create the Greenspan Commission to look at social security and pushing the myth that social security had to be funded out of pre savings, so American labour was essentially taxed 11% ...
  • Rand's Influence on Alan Greenspan | 2012: What's ...

    Blog Source: jhaines6.wordpress.com | 8 days ago
    In The Age of Turbulence , Alan Greenspan describes the influence that Ayn Rand had on his intellectual development. Ayn Rand became a stabilizing force in my life. It hadn't taken long for us to have a meeting of the minds — mostly my ...

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