An eye-catching rouse to drum up publicity for the former Fed chairman’s forthcoming book?
Absolutely. Here it is, Alan Greenspan’s Amazon Blog, with the first (and last?) post dated Aug 31, 11.05 am PDT, titled The Age of Turbulence.
I started thinking about what was to become “The Age of Turbulence” two years ago. My nearly two decades as Federal Reserve Chairman were coming to an end – a remarkable experience. After a lifetime observing how the world works as a business economist on Wall Street, it was exhilarating to be at the center of international monetary policymaking. Sure, I’d been President Ford’s White House economic advisor in the mid-1970s…
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…The final chapter was to forecast how I thought the world would work in the year 2030. But until I spent a year researching and writing and thinking about “The Age of Turbulence,” I had little idea how it would turn out. In fact, I was having so much fun rethinking some of my earlier assumptions, I was as anxious to read it as I hope my readers will be. In the end, I can confidently say writing that final chapter brought me-and the book-closure. It is not the grand finale of Beethoven’s Ninth, but for me, it hit the right chord…
A big hat tip to the ever-insightful Alea blog.