When Alan Greenspan speaks, the entire world listens. During his 18-year tenure (1987-2006) as Federal Reserve Board chairman, he presided over the American economy; but even after he left that job, his influence remained. When he forecast a U.S. recession in early 2007, stock markets responded with their biggest one-day drop since 9/11. We expect that money watchers will be equally attentive to the nuances of this detailed (640-page) memoir of his astonishing career.
The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
Narrated by Robertson Dean
Alan GreenspanUnabridged — 20 hours, 1 minutes
The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
Narrated by Robertson Dean
Alan GreenspanUnabridged — 20 hours, 1 minutes
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Editorial Reviews
Not only can Greenspan discourse lucidly on economic matters, but he has also written the most unexpectedly charming Washington insider memoir since Katharine Graham's a decade ago. The books are very different. The charm of Graham's was its frankness. The publisher of The Washington Post dished and dissed, starting with her mother. Greenspan is the soul of tact. Far too many people are labeled as his "friend." Even the mildest criticism is prefaced by a statement of high regard and/or followed by an expression of regret. He doesn't lay a glove on his mother. The charm of Greenspan's book is its self-portrait.
The New York Times
Greenspan's political memoir, which occupies the first half of the book, is readable, lucid and sometimes a bit thin on the dilemmas of monetary policy. In the book's second half, Greenspan the charmer makes way for Greenspan the technician, and the result is a 250-page essay on globalization. His overviews of Russia, India and China say little that is not familiar to attentive readers of the news. But the last chapter makes a powerful and remarkably self-deprecating point. Readers who persevere will feel rewarded.
The Washington Post
Most people will read Greenspan's book for the shock value of his attack on Republicans. But they also will find that Greenspan's well-informed musings offer much more food for thought than the usual government official memoir.
BusinessWeek
The former Fed chairman takes listeners through his career in government and finance and then tackles the big issues of the day, including energy supply and use, global finance, the rise of China and India, the change to a service economy, and what they all mean for the future of the U.S. Greenspan himself reads the introduction; obviously, he is no stranger to public speaking. The bulk of the text is then smoothly offered by Robertson Dean. At a steady pace he covers one complex problem after another with a warm delivery that keeps one listening, perhaps even re-listening. The abridgment is seamless; one wonders what was left out. J.B.G. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
Product Details
BN ID: | 2940169148701 |
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Publisher: | Penguin Random House |
Publication date: | 09/17/2007 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |