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Alan Greenspan

<p>May 4, 2019, 6:58 PM &nbsp;what a guy! &nbsp;still pumping it out at age 93!!!</p>

<p>(I'm re-reading his new work &nbsp;Capitalism in America &nbsp;(written in collab with Adrian Wooldridge.)</p>

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<p>born March 6, 1926. &nbsp;Chair of Fed from 1987 to 2006... abt 20 years!</p>

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<p>appt was Ronald Reagan and then under Ford, etc.</p>

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<p>Republican: &nbsp;supported private Social WSec and tax cuts.</p>

<p>Easy money &nbsp;=&gt; dotcom bubble and subprime crisis.</p>

<p>Robt Schiller argued that once stocks fell, &nbsp;real esate was the primary outlet for the spec frenzy.</p>

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<p>He dated Barbara Walters.&nbsp; In 1984 he married Andrea Mitchell (20 years younger)... married by&nbsp; Supreme &nbsp;Ruth Bader Ginsberg!</p>

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<p>looks at his awards!</p>

<p>libertarian Republican.</p>

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