Summary of ‘The Man Who Knew’: Sebastian Mallaby’s Biography of Alan Greenspan

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* Our summary is short, simple and pragmatic. It allows you to have the essential ideas of a big book in less than 30 minutes.

As you read this summary, you will discover the life of Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Federal Reserve – the U.S. central bank – from 1987 to 2006.

You will also learn :

that Alan Greenspan is a supporter of the Republican Party;
that he is a supporter of the gold standard;
that he grew up in New York City;
that his first political experience was an unhappy one;
that he helped write Ayn Rand’s “The Strike”;
that he played saxophone with Stan Getz.
Alan Greenspan’s life is an American fairy tale. The son of penniless immigrants, from a separated couple and raised by a single mother, he becomes the big boss of American monetary policy after making a fortune by founding a consulting firm. In the meantime, he discovered the world of ideas with Ayn Rand and the world of politics with Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon. A journey that is exceptional in every way, and which Sebastian Mallaby recounts with talent in what will become THE biography of Alan Greenspan.

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