The Man Who Knew

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Names: Mallaby, Sebastian, author.

Title: The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan / Sebastian Mallaby.

Description: New York: Penguin Press, 2016. | “A Council on Foreign Relations Book.”

Identifiers: LCCN 2016017300 (print) | LCCN 2016028520 (ebook) |

ISBN 9781594204845 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780698170018 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Greenspan, Alan, 1926– | Economists—United States—Biography. | Government economists—United States—Biography. |

Monetary policy—United States. | Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)

Classification: LCC HB119.G74 M35 2016 (print) | LCC HB119.G74 (ebook) | DDC 332.1/1092 [B] —dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016017300