The age of turbulence : adventures in a new world.- Greenspan, Alan

Penguin Press. 2007. Greenspan, Alan, 1926-, Government economists - United States - Biography., United States - Economic conditions - 1945-, Autobiography, Bibliography, Illustrated, Globalization - Economic aspects., Economic policy., International economic relations., Government economists., Large type books., United States., Electronic books 25 cm. 531 p, il. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. Alan Greenspan. Includes bibliographical references (p. [510]-512) and index. With a new epilogue (p. [507]-532). Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2007. Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. Contents Introduction -- 1. City kid -- 2. The making of an economist -- 3. Economics meets politics -- 4. Private citizen -- 5. Black Monday -- 6. The fall of the wall -- 7. A Democrat s agenda -- 8. Irrational exuberance -- 9. Millennium fever -- 10. Downturn -- 11. The nation challenged -- 12. The universals of economic growth -- 13. The modes of capitalism -- 14. The choices that await China -- 15. The tigers and the elephant -- 16. Russia s sharp elbows -- 17. Latin America and populism -- 18. Current accounts and debt -- 19. Globalization and regulation -- 20. The conundrum -- 21. Education and income inequality -- 22. The world retires. But can it afford to? -- 23. Corporate governance -- 24. The long-term energy squeeze -- 25. The Delphic future -- Acknowledgments -- A note on sources -- Index . ISBN: 9780713999822 (hbk.)