Greenspan served 18.5 years as Fed chair
Alan Greenspan served as Federal Reserve chairman for 18 and a half years, from 1987 to 2006, and died at age 100.
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Alan Greenspan's Legacy and the Minsky Paradox
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Dennis Lockhart, former Atlanta Fed president, reflects on Greenspan's 18.5 years as Fed chair, his legendary data mastery, and how long success may have bred the blind spots that allowed the 2008 financial crisis. [1] — Dennis Lockhart "Greenspan presided over 15 years of the Great Moderation — and it may have been his undoing. Hyman Minsky's paradox: long periods of stabil…" 25:17
Greenspan's Greatness and His Blind Spot: The Minsky Paradox
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