'The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan'

Wednesday, October 19, 2016
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Speaker
Sebastian Mallaby

Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider
Richard Haass

President, Council on Foreign Relations

CFR Fellows' Book Launch

Sebastian Mallaby discusses The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan, a new biography of former chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan on his lifetime spent grappling with a momentous shift: the transformation of finance from the fixed and regulated system of the post-war era to the free-for-all of the past quarter century.

The CFR Fellows’ Book Launch series highlights new books by CFR fellows. It includes a discussion with the author, cocktail reception, and book signing.

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