Greenspan - The Man Behind Money

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Advance Praise for
GREENSPAN-.THE MAN BEHIND MONEY
"This book is an excellent history of how Greenspan becanne the deified Chairman of the Federal Reserve. Read it and you will be even better than I am at predicting what the Greenspan Fed will do next."
L.William Seidman, Chief Commentator on CNBC and former Chairman of the FDIC
"This book provides terrific insights on this decade's most unlikely of celebrities, the head honcho himself, Alan Greenspan. Not just a talking head, the chairman's pragmatism and far-ranging intellect, only glimpsed during his testimony to Congress, are given greater depth in this book." David Gaffen, Markets Reporter, TheStreet.com
"Justin Martin's book is full of fresh details about Greenspan's early years and much, much more. Engagingly, accurately, and illuminatingly told, Martin unearths the true story of young Greenspan's bizarre brush with big band bop, and connects it with the making of a great career."
Leonard Garment, Nixon aide and... Tovább

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Advance Praise for
GREENSPAN-.THE MAN BEHIND MONEY
"This book is an excellent history of how Greenspan becanne the deified Chairman of the Federal Reserve. Read it and you will be even better than I am at predicting what the Greenspan Fed will do next."
L.William Seidman, Chief Commentator on CNBC and former Chairman of the FDIC
"This book provides terrific insights on this decade's most unlikely of celebrities, the head honcho himself, Alan Greenspan. Not just a talking head, the chairman's pragmatism and far-ranging intellect, only glimpsed during his testimony to Congress, are given greater depth in this book." David Gaffen, Markets Reporter, TheStreet.com
"Justin Martin's book is full of fresh details about Greenspan's early years and much, much more. Engagingly, accurately, and illuminatingly told, Martin unearths the true story of young Greenspan's bizarre brush with big band bop, and connects it with the making of a great career."
Leonard Garment, Nixon aide and author of In Search of Deep Throat
"Justin Martin succeeds in an almost impossible task—making monetary policy and the Fed chairman a fun read." Murray Weidenbaum, Chairman, Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University and former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Reagan
"GreenspaniThe Man Behind Money \s an intriguing story of how a soft-spoken man from a modest background rose to greatness and a position of awesome power—proving once again that brilliance, integrity, hard work and a moral philosophy of life do sometimes triumph."
Martin Anderson, Keith and Jan Hurlbut Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University



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Alan Greenspan is one of the most powerful and enigmatic men in the world. Although endlessly pursued by the press and ceaselessly present in the public spotlight, very little about his private life has ever been revealed.This first-ever biography of Greenspan presents the celebrated Fed chairman as few know him —a man whose exceptional power is matched only by the sense of mystery that surrounds him.
Based on unprecedented access to Greenspan's family members and to such peers as Henry Kissinger, Gerald Ford, and Milton Friedman, GreenspamThe Man Behind Money breaks new ground. It spans his hardscrabble childhood in depression-era New York City, his famous decades-long friendship with Ayn Rand, his Juilliard education and days spent touring with Henry Jerome's jazz band, as well as his two marriages and service to five presidents.
Author Justin Martin also delves into Greenspan's training as an economist—from his early exposure to Keynesian theory to his tutelage under the legendary Arthur Burns. While tracing Greenspan's emergence as a power broker of the first order, he captures in gut-wrenching, behind-the-scenes detail the numerous economic crises that he has confronted—from New York City's near bankruptcy in 1975 and the Crash of '87 to the perilous Asian Contagion in 1998.
This intimate biography explores Greenspan's mercurial relationship with President Bill Clinton, a result of the Fed chairman's unwillingness to bend with the political winds. It also exposes his stormy tenure with President George Bush and. In stark contrast, the close friendship he developed with Gerald Ford. Greenspan: The Man Behind Money provides rare insight, too, into the inner workings of the highly secretive Federal Reserve along with discussion of Greenspan's central role in America's longest-ever economic expansion. What emerges is a full and fascinating portrait of one of the most influential men of our time. Vissza