The man who knew : the life and times of Alan Greenspan / Sebastian Mallaby.
Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016Description: xiii, 781 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781408855775; 9781408855782.Other title: Man who knew : the life & times of Alan Greenspan.Subject(s): Greenspan, Alan, 1926- | Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) | Economists -- United States -- Biography | Government economists -- United States -- Biography | Monetary policy -- United StatesDDC classification: 920Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 920 GRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 013110 |
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Introduction: "He has set a standard" -- Book I: The ideologue. The feeling of a conqueror ; The un-Keynesian ; 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.