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As a top advisor to President [[Ronald Reagan]] he led the successful 1983 refinancing of the [[Social Security]] system that put it on a sound financial basis for the next 75 years. | As a top advisor to President [[Ronald Reagan]] he led the successful 1983 refinancing of the [[Social Security]] system that put it on a sound financial basis for the next 75 years. | ||
| − | He is a close friend and follower of libertarian writer [[Ayn Rand]]. | + | Greenspan wrote a [[memoir]] titled ''[[The Age of Turbulence|The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World]]'', published September 17, 2007.<ref name="TurbRevKinsley" /><ref>{{cite news |first=Nell |last=Henderson |title=Greenspan Unconcerned About Housing |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/06/AR2006110600588.html |work=The Washington Post |date=November 7, 2006 |accessdate=March 20, 2016}}</ref> |
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| + | He is a close friend and follower of libertarian writer [[Ayn Rand]]. He dated journalist [[Barbara Walters]] in the late 1970s.<ref name="TurbRevKinsley" /> In 1984, at age 58, Greenspan began dating journalist [[Andrea Mitchell]] whol is 20 years younger. In 1997, they were married by Supreme Court Justice [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/business/07offtheshelf.html |title =The Boy Behind the Global Theories |author = [[Stephen Kotkin]] |work= New York Times |date=October 7, 2007 |accessdate=March 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/06/style/alan-greenspan-andrea-mitchell.html |title =Alan Greenspan, Andrea Mitchell |date=April 6, 1997 |work= New York Times}}</ref> | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
Revision as of 12:16, March 20, 2016
Alan Greenspan (b. 1926) is an American economist who was Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board from 1987 to 2006, when he was succeeded by Ben Bernanke. Currently he works for John Paulson [1].
He has been blamed for mishandling the financial markets, thus facilitating the Financial Crisis of 2008. He confessed to Congress he never thought the crash could happen.
As a top advisor to President Ronald Reagan he led the successful 1983 refinancing of the Social Security system that put it on a sound financial basis for the next 75 years.
Greenspan wrote a memoir titled The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World, published September 17, 2007.[1][2]
Personal life
He is a close friend and follower of libertarian writer Ayn Rand. He dated journalist Barbara Walters in the late 1970s.[1] In 1984, at age 58, Greenspan began dating journalist Andrea Mitchell whol is 20 years younger. In 1997, they were married by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.[3][4]
Links
- The Greenspan Years by Robert Reich
- Alan Greenspan Memoirs in the Telegraph
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