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UpInArms

(55,608 posts)
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 08:03 AM Yesterday

Alan Greenscum is dead at 100

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan has died at the age of 100.

He died on Monday from complications of Parkinson’s Disease, said his wife of 29 years, NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchel.

“To me he was my husband, who shaped my life from our very first date in 1984,” Mitchell said. “He had ‘irrational exuberance’ for baseball, the Washington Commanders, tennis, golf, and music, especially jazz. He will be remembered for his brilliance and his kindness. Being his life partner was the joy of my life.”

In his 18½ years at the helm of the Fed, Greenspan presided over a sustained era of American growth and prosperity, yet one that ended with devastating consequences in 2008, two years after he had left the central bank.

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https://wtop.com/national/2026/06/former-federal-reserve-chairman-alan-greenspan-dies-at-100/

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Alan Greenscum is dead at 100 (Original Post) UpInArms Yesterday OP
The Two Allen Greenspans: Chasstev365 Yesterday #1
Reporting is whitewashing him today--- supposedly the "enemy of income inequality..." hlthe2b 23 hrs ago #2
That is indeed the playbook. harumph 23 hrs ago #3
Bill Clinton should have replaced him UpInArms 23 hrs ago #5
sen waxman asked him a good question after the 2008 failure of capitalism .... rampartd 23 hrs ago #4
Joins Jimmy Carter and Henry Kissinger in the 100 club biocube 21 hrs ago #6
NEVER trust anyone in economics Miguelito Loveless 20 hrs ago #7
The Reflecting Pool turns green, and then Greenspan dies. Just sayin'... RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 20 hrs ago #8

Chasstev365

(8,339 posts)
1. The Two Allen Greenspans:
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 09:07 AM
Yesterday

When Democratic Presidents are in power = You Must Get Inflation down and the National debt under control!

When Republican Presidents are in power = Don't worry about inflation and the national debt; giant taxcuts for the uber-wealthy is what will stimulate the economy and trickle down to average people.

An economic partisan hack!

hlthe2b

(115,151 posts)
2. Reporting is whitewashing him today--- supposedly the "enemy of income inequality..."
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 09:37 AM
23 hrs ago

Uh, huh...

UpInArms

(55,608 posts)
5. Bill Clinton should have replaced him
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 10:00 AM
23 hrs ago

Greenscum was a terrible choice for Fed chairman

rampartd

(5,446 posts)
4. sen waxman asked him a good question after the 2008 failure of capitalism ....
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 09:57 AM
23 hrs ago

reported here by the ayn rand cult site "atlas society."

https://www.atlassociety.org/post/the-alan-greenspan-confession

The crucial moment came when Waxman asked Greenspan, "You found your view of the world, your ideology, was not right, it was not working?"

"Absolutely, precisely," Greenspan replied, going on to say: "You know, that's precisely the reason I was shocked, because I have been going more than 40 years or more with very considerable evidence that it was working considerably well."

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