Financial historian James Grant had a withering look at Alan Greenspan’s epic run at the Fed just before he stepped down in 2006—and a few short years before the Great Recession.

Financial historian James Grant had a withering look at Alan Greenspan’s epic run at the Fed just before he stepped down in 2006—and a few short years before the Great Recession.

During his chairmanship, Greenspan was celebrated as possibly the best central banker in history. But later, his reputation was tarnished by the worst financial crisis since the…

Former US Fed chair Alan Greenspan dies at 100. He led decades of economic expansion, shaped US monetary policy, and later faced criticism after the crisis.

By Joseph Adinolfi and Greg Robb