Table of Contents
Timeline ix
Introduction The Wise Old Parrot 1
Chapter 1 Growing Up 5
Chapter 2 Getting an Education 15
Chapter 3 Early Experience 30
Chapter 4 Off to Washington 45
Chapter 5 "The Best Job in the World" 59
Chapter 6 Monetary Reform Frustrated 75
Chapter 7 Back to the Beginning 93
Chapter 8 Attacking Inflation 102
Chapter 9 Financial Crises, Domestic and International 120
Chapter 10 Unfinished Business: Repairing the Financial System 138
Chapter 11 After the Fed 152
Chapter 12 Mr. Chairman in Several Guises 166
Chapter 13 The Search for Integrity 176
Chapter 14 Setting Standards 193
Chapter 15 The New Financial World: Breakdown and Reform 203
Chapter 16 The Three Verities 220
Epilogue Credit Where Credit Is Due 241
Afterword 247
Acknowledgments 249
Notes 251
Index 276
Photo section appears after page 192