Greenspan (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Justin Martin
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Work: Biography and economics
- Time of Work: 1926-present
- Setting: United States
- Principal Characters: Alan Greenspan, Rose Goldsmith Greenspan, William Townsend, Arthur Burns, Ayn Rand, Joan Mitchell, Andrea Mitchell, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, United States or Americans, Twentieth century, 1940’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, 1980’s, Economics, 1990’s, Economic policy
- Locales: United States
Justin Martin was a staff reporter for Fortune magazine from 1992 to 1998, then became a freelance writer, contributing articles on economic topics to Newsweek, Individual Investor, ESPN Magazine, and Worth.
Earlier books dealing with Alan Greenspan devote little space to his personal life. Steven K. Beckner’s Back from the Brink: The Greenspan Years (1996) allots only eighteen pages to Greenspan’s career prior to becoming chairman of the Federal Reserve; 405 detailed pages chronicle his first nine years in office. In contrast, Martin uses ten of...
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