Former US Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan has died aged 100, his wife has said.
NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell said in a statement reported by her employer that her husband had died from complications of Parkinson's Disease.
Mitchell's statement said Greenspan was "a giant of a man who helped shape the US economy for decades under presidents of both parties, but was always honest in acknowledging his mistakes".
9 Comments
cAUzapNEAGLb@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 53d
If he's responsable for all this, i dont like him
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 19 pts · 53d
It wasn't just him. But he threw gasoline on the fire. A lot.
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 11 pts · 53d
Noted.
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 53d
bad rubbish
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 53d
Glad to hear that giant turd got flushed, but it took way too long.
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 5 pts · 53d
May hot piss forever trickle down on that scholar of fascism.
replicat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 53d
At least he outlived the economy though...
Snapz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 52d
"In 1952, Greenspan met the right-wing novelist and social philosopher Ayn Rand, whose views were to have a profound influence on him.
She called him "the undertaker" because of his liking for dark, sombre suits.
But the young economist came to support her belief that society functions most efficiently when people actively pursue their own self-interests, to the exclusion of the interests of society as a whole."
Shindo66@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 52d
"This is everything we've worked for Greenspan, change the currency to oak leaves"