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Alan Greenspan

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Born March 6, 1926 · New York City, New York, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alan Greenspan (born March 6, 1926) is an American economist who served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States from 1987 to 2006. He currently works as a private advisor and provides consulting for firms through his company, Greenspan Associates LLC. First appointed Federal Reserve chairman by President Ronald Reagan in August 1987, he was reappointed at successive four-year intervals until retiring on January 31, 2006 after the second-longest tenure in the position. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Greenspan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Paul A. Volcker Lifetime Achievement AwardEconomic Policy · 2019
  • Presidential Medal of Freedom · 2005
  • Financial Times Person of the Year · 1998
  • Francis Boyer Award · 1996
  • Fellow of the American Statistical Association · 1989
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  • Commander of the Legion of Honour
  • honorary doctor of the Hofstra University
  • honorary doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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