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The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
by Alan Greenspan
from Penguin Press HC, The

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Greenspan reveals, but not too much
  This book has three parts. First, Alan Greenspan tells us about his background, schooling, associations, intellectual influences, and business career. Then he tells us about his public life, from unpaid campaign aide to Nixon in 68 to chairman of the Federal Reserve for 18 years, ending in 2006. Finally, he explains his economic thinking, and how he envisions the world through 2030.
  The first part is lively. We see him as a young man playing the saxophone professionally in a big band before falling... more info

• Insightful, Informative & Interesting
  As a staunch advocate of free-market capitalism and deregulation, Greenspan has captured and reasoned the core economic beliefs and values he holds in this book - democracy coupled with capitalism improves quality of life.
  The first half of the book took us through Greenspan's journey from a child of being obsessed with keeping baseball statistics, to a Julliard music student and finally becoming the Chairman of FRS. Greepspan touched on his relationships with the Presidents he had served and gave a... more info

• Wanna know how the world works?
  The first part -- after the intro -- is a very engaging story of the winding path that lead him to macro economics and his role in trying to keep the wheels from coming off the world's biggest capitalist economy. He does not appear to be trying to inflate his own successes or to blame others for recessions. He has a unique perspective on Washington, D.C. The first part moves right along. It helps you to understand that no one has perfect knowledge or a crystal ball for the U.S. or world economy. Also, that... more info

• Free Market Capitalism, the engine of global prosperity
  This is an outstanding book by any standard. One might contest and even bitterly oppose some of the policies that Greenspan firmly believes in and passionately advocates in the book, but every page clearly brings out the rich experience and clarity of thought of the Maestro of US central banking.
  It is a refreshing feeling to read the pages, written in straight forward and simple text, demystifying the complex world of economics and finance. This is a book for the man on the main street as well as for... more info

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