The Age of Turbulence, Alan Greenspan
The Age of Turbulence, Alan Greenspan
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The Age of Turbulence
Adventures in a New World

Author: Alan Greenspan

Narrator: Robertson Dean

Abridged: 10 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 09/17/2007

Synopsis

The Age Of Turbulence is Alan Greenspan’s incomparable reckoning with the contemporary financial world, channeled through his own experiences working in the command room of the global economy longer and with greater effect than any other single living figure. Following the arc of his remarkable life’s journey through his more than eighteen-year tenure as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board to the present, in the second half of The Age of Turbulence Dr. Greenspan embarks on a magnificent tour d’horizon of the global economy. The distillation of a life’s worth of wisdom and insight into an elegant expression of a coherent worldview, The Age of Turbulence will stand as Alan Greenspan’s personal and intellectual legacy.

About The Author

Alan Greenspan was born in 1926 and reared in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. After studying the clarinet at Juilliard and working as a professional musician, he earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in economics from New York University. In 1954, he cofounded the economic consulting firm Townsend-Greenspan & Co. From 1974 to 1977, he served as chair of the Council of Economic Advisors under President Gerald Ford. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan appointed him chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, a position he held until his retirement in 2006. He is the author of the number one New York Times bestseller The Age of Turbulence.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Saadia on June 15, 2021

Not very fond of economics but this book provided a perspective on how decisions were made after 9/11. Blog | YouTube | Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on August 09, 2011

One can't help coming to this book with the starting premise that, smart of this man was, he got it wrong. Wrong about beating inflation, wrong about being too laissez faire on financial regulation, wrong about keeping rates and policy too loose for too long. Indeed one embarks on this book asking h......more

Goodreads review by James on December 21, 2007

This book is interesting on many levels. First, for all his elusiveness while in office at the Fed (which he says was intentional and refers to as "fedspeak"), Greenspan writes clearly, directly, and entertainingly. There's a clear humanity to the writing - and the story - that came as quite a shock......more

Goodreads review by Don on January 10, 2009

It took me an extraordinary amount of time to finish this book. When I first started, I dug in with excited vigor, eager to learn what drives our economy. I am a lover of the complex and global economics is about is complex as it gets. Mr. Greenspan begins the book detailing where he was during the......more

Goodreads review by Claudia on March 15, 2018

This book is a go-to resource for anyone with an interest in the economy, global studies and international and transdisciplinary perspectives in finance. What we have got is an extensively researched and profound discussion of key aspects of macroeconomics by Alan Greenspan, who is surprisingly easy......more

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