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The Age of Turbulence

Alan Greenspan

What did the head of the American central bank learn, through crashes and crises, about how economies grow and why they fail?

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At a glance

Author
Alan Greenspan

Why read it

  • You will see how a crisis can grow from risk being priced too cheaply across the whole world
  • You will learn what the author thinks separates economies that grow from those that stall
  • You will know what it looks like when credit markets around the world freeze, and how central banks respond

Who it is for

  • A saver or investor wondering how financial crises build up
  • A business student curious how central bankers think
  • A reader following debates over debt, retirement and energy

Contents

  1. i
  2. iii
  3. xi
  4. INTRODUCTION
  5. 1. City Kid
  6. 2. The Making of an Economist
  7. 3. Economics Meets Politics
  8. 4. Private Citizen
  9. 5. Black Monday
  10. 6. The Fall of the Wall
  11. 7. A Democrat’s Agenda
  12. 8. Irrational Exuberance
  13. 9. Millennium Fever
  14. 10. Downturn
  15. 11. The Nation Challenged
  16. 12. The Universals of Economic Growth
  17. 13. The Modes of Capitalism
  18. 14. The Choices That Await China
  19. 15. The Tigers and the Elephant
  20. 16. Russia’s Sharp Elbows
  21. 17. Latinp America and Populism
  22. 18. Current Accounts and Debt
  23. 19. Globalization and Regulation
  24. 20. The “Conundrum”
  25. 21. Education and Income Inequality
  26. 22. The World Retires. But Can It Afford To?
  27. 23. Corporate Governance
  28. 24. The Long-Term Energy Squeeze
  29. 25. The Delphic Future
  30. EPILOGUE
  31. A NOTE ON SOURCES

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