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The rise and fall of Alan Greenspan

Business Daily

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Alan Greenspan spent nearly 20 years as chairman of the US Federal Reserve, becoming one of the most influential figures in global economics before his reputation was tarnished by the financial crisis. Author Sebastian Mallaby tells Ed Butler about Greenspan's dramatic rise to the centre of the US financial system, the subject of his new biography, The Man Who Knew. (Photo: Alan Greenspan, Credit: Getty Images)

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