Introduction to pt. 1--Prelude to power, 1926-1987 -- 1. Early years : the education of Alan Greenspan, 1926-1958 -- 2. The dark side of prosperity, 1958-1967 -- 3. Advising Nixon : "I could have a real eaffect", 1967-1973 -- 4. President Ford's Council of Economic Advisers, 1973-1976 -- 5. The 1980 presidential election : boosting Carter, Reagan, and Kennedy, 1976-1980 -- 6. Parties, publicity, promotion--and lobbying for the Federal Reserve chairmanship, 1980-1987 -- 7. Lincoln Savings and Loan Association, 1984-1985 -- 8. "The new Mr. Dollar" : chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1987 -- Introduction to pt. 2--The pinnacle of power, 1987-2006 -- 9. The Stock Market crash and the recession that Greenspan missed, 1987-1990 -- 10. Restoring the economy : Greenspan underwrites the carry trade, 1990-1994 -- 11. Cutting rates and running for another term as chairman, 1995-1996 -- 12. The productivity mirage that Greenspan doubted, 1995-1997 -- 13. "Irrational exuberance" and other disclosures, 1995-1998 -- 14. In a bubble of his own, 1998 -- 15. Long-term capital management : a lesson ignored, 1998 -- 16. Greenspan launches his doctrine, November 1998-May 1999 -- 17. "This is insane!!" June-December 1999 -- 18. Greenspan's postbubble solution : tighten money, January-May 2000 -- 19. The maestro's open-mouth policy, June-December 2000 -- 20. Stocks collapse and America asks : "what happens when King Alan goes?" 2001 -- 21. The Fed's prescription for economic depletion, 1994-2002 -- 22. The mortgage machine, 1989-2007 -- 23. Greenspan's victory lap : his last years at the Fed, 2002-2006 -- Introduction to pt. 3--the consequences of power, 2006-2009 -- 24. The great distortion, 2006 -- 25. Fast money on the crack-up, 2006 -- 26. Cheap talk : Greenspan and the Bernanke Fed, 2007 -- 27. "I plead not guilty!" 2007-2008 -- 28. Greenspan's hometown, 2008 -- 29. Life after Greenspan, 2009-
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