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Alan Greenspan

Alan Greenspan served as the Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006. After retiring from that post, Greenspan wrote his memoir, titled The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World, in 2007, and works as a private adviser and consultant through his company, Greenspan Associates, LLC. President George W. Bush awarded Greenspan the Presidential Medal of Freedom in November 2005.

Articles by this Author

Shortly after the author became Chairman of the Federal Reserve in 1987, the stock market plummeted 22 percent in one day.
In one day, the stock market plummeted 22 percent shortly after the author became Chairman of the Federal Reserve