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Alan Greenspan, former Fed Chair who oversaw economic boom and bust, dies at 100

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Alan Greenspan, the former Chair of the US Federal Reserve, has passed away at the age of 100. Greenspan led the Fed for nearly two decades, overseeing a significant period of economic expansion in the United States. However, his legacy is also marked by the 2007-2009 financial crisis, with critics linking his policies and faith in self-regulation to the subsequent economic downturn. Greenspan himself later acknowledged a mistake in assuming banks could effectively self-regulate. AI

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Reuters ·

    Alan Greenspan, former US Fed Reserve chair, dies aged 100

    Alan Greenspan, hailed as the greatest Federal Reserve chairman when he retired in 2006 but derided for a severe financial crisis that followed barely two years later, died on Monday aged ⁠100, NBC News reported. Greenspan, who exerted a powerful influence on the US economy ⁠duri…

  2. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Paul Wiseman, The Associated Press ·

    Alan Greenspan dies at 100. As Fed chair, he was hailed as the ‘Oracle’ but later admitted he made a mistake assuming banks could self-regulate

    Greenspan died Monday from complications of Parkinson’s Disease.

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