The Myth of Alan Greenspan as the ‘Maestro’
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/alan-greenspan-dies-100-federal-reserve-61d9214f
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/alan-greenspan-dies-100-federal-reserve-61d9214f
Alan Greenspan, Influential Fed Chairman Whose Legacy Was Dimmed by the Financial Crisis, Dies at 100
https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/alan-greenspan-fed-chair-dies-100-eeacb8eb
For 19 years, he piloted the U.S. economy through global upheaval. Critics faulted his hands-off approach to financial regulation.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/alan-greenspan-fed-chair-dies-100-eeacb8eb
For 19 years, he piloted the U.S. economy through global upheaval. Critics faulted his hands-off approach to financial regulation.
Alan Greenspan’s Mixed Legacy
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/alan-greenspan-fed-chair-mixed-legacy-by-barry-eichengreen-2026-06
The longtime Federal Reserve chair inferred from past crises that lightly regulated markets, while prone to excesses, could right themselves sufficiently to avoid imperiling the financial system and the economy. The correct lesson would have been that markets require strict regulation, and that competent technocrats are essential.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/alan-greenspan-fed-chair-mixed-legacy-by-barry-eichengreen-2026-06
The longtime Federal Reserve chair inferred from past crises that lightly regulated markets, while prone to excesses, could right themselves sufficiently to avoid imperiling the financial system and the economy. The correct lesson would have been that markets require strict regulation, and that competent technocrats are essential.