{"product_id":"the-man-who-knew-9781408830956","title":"The Man Who Knew","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2016 FT \u0026amp; McKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e, this is the biography of one of the titans of financial history over the last fifty years. Born in 1926, Alan Greenspan was raised in Manhattan by a single mother and immigrant grandparents during the Great Depression but by quiet force of intellect, rose to become a global financial maestro'. Appointed by Ronald Reagan to Chairman of the Federal Reserve, a post he held for eighteen years, he presided over an unprecedented period of stability and low inflation, was revered by economists, adored by investors and consulted by leaders from Beijing to Frankfurt. Both data-hound and eligible society bachelor, Greenspan was a man of contradictions. His great success was to prove the very idea he, an advocate of the Gold standard, doubted: that the discretionary judgements of a money-printing central bank \u003ci\u003ecould \u003c\/i\u003estabilise an economy. He resigned in 2006, having overseen tumultuous changes in the world's most powerf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating and balanced study of arguably the most important figure of the post-war global finance scene -- Mervyn King\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003ebrilliant \u003c\/b\u003eaccount of Alan Greenspan's journey from radical idealogue to politically adept pragmatist, and an excellent analysis of how profound changes within the financial system generated challenges to which that pragmatism was ultimately an inadequate response. \u003cb\u003eA must read\u003c\/b\u003e -- Lord Adair Turner\u003cbr\u003eDespite its nearly 700 pages of text, the book is hard to put down, thanks to Mr. Mallaby’s knack for finding just the right example or sparkling quotation to illustrate his points … \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Knew\u003c\/i\u003e is\u003cb\u003e a tour de force\u003c\/b\u003e, the story not just of Alan Greenspan’s career but equally of America’s economic triumphs and failures over five decades. This \u003cb\u003ecarefully researched and elegantly written\u003c\/b\u003e book will be \u003cb\u003eessential reading \u003c\/b\u003efor those who aspire to make policy and for anyone who wants to divine what drives the choices that our leaders make * Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA major achievement\u003c\/b\u003e; it may well be the best biography we have ever had of a central banker -- David Kynaston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Greenspan's story really is the story of modern finance -\u003c\/b\u003e its brilliance but also its fatal flaws. Years of research and a keen eye for narrative detail gives Sebastian Mallaby all he needs to bring the tale to life. Alan Greenspan was a lot more than a central banker - and this book is a lot more than his biography -- Stephanie Flanders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuperb\u003c\/b\u003e ... Sebastian Mallaby helps history make up its mind about Alan Greenspan * Economist *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003esplendid\u003c\/b\u003e biography - \u003cb\u003ecompelling, readable, provocative, richly researched, brimming with intelligence\u003c\/b\u003e ... will surely become the definitive Greenspan biography -- Roger Lowenstein, author of 'When Genius Failed' and 'Buffet'\u003cbr\u003eAdmire him or despise him, Alan Greenspan was the pre-eminent financial statesman of the post-war ear. But Sebastian Mallaby's \u003cb\u003emagisterial\u003c\/b\u003e biography casts him as something more (and more intriguing) than that: a masterly and mesmerising politician -- John Heilemann, Author of 'Game Change' and 'Double Down'\u003cbr\u003eOne of the best of the year, even from just the first pages -- Tyler Cowen * Marginal Revolution *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeeply researched and elegantly written\u003c\/b\u003e ... \u003cb\u003eIncomparable\u003c\/b\u003e * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eDespite its nearly 700 pages of text, the book is \u003cb\u003ehard to put down\u003c\/b\u003e, thanks to Mr. Mallaby’s knack for finding just the right example or sparkling quotation to illustrate his points … \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Knew\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force, the story not just of Alan Greenspan’s career but equally of America’s economic triumphs and failures over five decades. This carefully researched and elegantly written book will be \u003cb\u003eessential reading\u003c\/b\u003e for those who aspire to make policy and for anyone who wants to divine what drives the choices that our leaders make * Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003eMallaby’s book is part biography, part political history and part inquest * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eMeticulously researched * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eColourful and exhaustive\u003c\/b\u003e * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn impressive work of scholarship \u003c\/b\u003e… \u003cb\u003eA masterpiece of political economy\u003c\/b\u003e and, above all, it’s \u003cb\u003ea great and enjoyable read\u003c\/b\u003e -- Lionel Barber\u003cbr\u003e‘An engaging, \u003cb\u003esympathetic yet unsparing\u003c\/b\u003e portrait’ -- Paul Singer * Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003e‘The best biography of 2016’ -- Martin Vander Weyer * Spectator *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866814099799,"sku":"9781408830956","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408830956.jpg?v=1722280131","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-man-who-knew-9781408830956","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}