Jun 7th, 2009
Learning from the Maestro
I’m currently working through a monstrous audiobook (sixteen compact discs worth of content!), The Age of Turbulence by Alan Greenspan. Greenspan, as we know, is the former Chair of the Federal Reserve, one of if not the most powerful position in the world.
I’m about a quarter way through it. It’s an autobiographical work, but while it discusses his personal life and origins, it also chronicles some of the most important events of his lifetime, such as the crumbling of the Berlin Wall, 9/11, and the breakup of the Soviet Union and what his views on each were. It also discusses, of course, economics and his decision making processes on the policy of the Federal Reserve, his relationship with presidents back to Richard Nixon, and his admission of using “Fedspeak”–vague and hyperbolic language when addressing issues as Fed chairman.
I thought this would be a boring book, but so far I’m proved wrong. I will give a complete review when I’m done.
