Alan Greenspan conveys the education of a lifetime. The New York Times - Michael Kinsley Not only can Greenspan discourse lucidly on economic matters, but he has also written the most unexpectedly charming Washington insider memoir since Katharine Graham's a decade ago. The books are very different. The charm of Graham's was its frankness. The publisher of The Washington Post dished and dissed, starting with her mother. Greenspan is the soul of tact. Far too many people are labeled as his "friend." Even the mildest criticism is prefaced by a statement of high regard and/or followed by an expression of regret. He doesn't lay a glove on his mother. The charm of Greenspan's book is its self-portrait.
Introduction 1City Kid 19The Making of an Economist 38Economics Meets Politics 54Private Citizen 77Black Monday 100The Fall of the Wall 123A Democrat's Agenda 142Irrational Exuberance 164Millennium Fever 182Downturn 206The Nation Challenged 226The Universals of Economic Growth 249The Modes of Capitalism 267The Choices That Await China 294The Tigers and the Elephant 311Russia's Sharp Elbows 323Latin America and Populism 334Current Accounts and Debt 346Globalization and Regulation 363The "Conundrum" 377Education and Income Inequality 392The World Retires. But Can It Afford To? 409Corporate Governance 423The Long-Term Energy Squeeze 437The Delphic Future 464Epilogue 507Acknowledgments 533A Note on Sources 537Bibliography 541Index 545