Alan Greenspan

February 25, 2004 8:51 AM

How did Alan Greenspan go from This gold standard lovin Randian, to the chairman of the federal reserve board?

What happened between the writting of that essay in 1966 and his tenure as the chairman?

What transpired during that chunk of time that caused him to flip flop?

has his philosophy changed? how? why?

Ive always wondered this.

posted by Tryptophan-5ht to work & money (7 comments total)

Probably not the intended use of AskMe, and if you did some research and found some links, this might make a great FPP rather than a borderline Ask, but the short answer is that he sold out.
posted by trharlan at 9:12 AM on February 25, 2004

er, have you seen that geez?!?! the last time he had a conscious thought he was doing the lindy with a flapper in the cotton club.
posted by quonsar at 11:29 AM on February 25, 2004

WOOT
posted by andrew cooke at 11:44 AM on February 25, 2004

Now, now, q....what you may not know is that Greenspan was actually a touring, be-bopping, reefer-smokin' jazz musician through the 1940s.

(The part about the reefers? Pure conjecture.)
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 11:50 AM on February 25, 2004

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posted by donth at 11:56 AM on February 25, 2004

Didn't see andrew cooke's link. FWIW I recommend 4, 10, 13, 20, 22, 31, 34, 40, 43, and 50.
posted by donth at 12:02 PM on February 25, 2004

proof.
posted by Tryptophan-5ht at 9:16 AM on February 26, 2004