Keep pulling the thread on Alan Greenspan.
Alan Greenspan, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, died on a Monday at the age of 100, according to a statement from his wife reported by NBC.
Alan Greenspan believed that government entitlements were unequivocally crowding out gross domestic savings on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
Alan Greenspan served five terms as chairman of the Federal Reserve under four different U.S. presidents.
Alan Greenspan's tenure as Chairman of the Federal Reserve, lasting nearly 20 years, is the second longest in the institution's history.
Alan Greenspan expressed surprise late in his life about the emergence of negative interest rates, which he viewed as a major component of time preference.
According to James Egglehoff, Alan Greenspan was a dominant figure who set Federal Reserve policy largely independently of the rest of the committee.
In 1998, Alan Greenspan cut interest rates three times following the failure of the hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management.
James Egglehoff of BNP Paribas believes that Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell copied Alan Greenspan's 1998 playbook when he cut rates in response to tariffs.
Alan Greenspan served as Federal Reserve Chairman from 1987 to 2006.
Alan Greenspan's legacy as Federal Reserve Chairman was later diminished by the 2008 financial crisis.
John Micklethwait believes Alan Greenspan's monetary policy may have contributed to the 2008 financial crisis, but that other factors were also at work.