The pre-eminent economic policymaker of his time and a skilled political operator, he favored market-friendly stances that would later come to be associated with destructive financial forces.
Alan Greenspan, Fed Chairman Through Prosperity and Crisis, Dies at 100
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/us/alan-greenspan-dead.html
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ExtremeDullard@piefed.social · 16 pts · 42d
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Insekticus@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 42d
What good news! Only a shame it didn't happen 60 years earlier.
ExtremeDullard@piefed.social · 4 pts · 42d
Funny how terrible men seem to have a knack for reaching really old age. Kissinger too died at 100, and Trump seems poised to last a lot longer than he has any right to.
And now that we know, that might also explain why Chomsky is still around.
DeathbringerThoctar@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 42d
Good. Rest in piss.