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基本信息
·出版社：The Perseus Books Group
·页码：336 页码
·出版日：2001年
·ISBN：0738205249
·条码：9780738205243
·版次：2001-10-15
·装帧：平装
·开本：16开 16开
内容简介
Book Description
A national bestseller-the acclaimed chronicle of the life and times of Alan Greenspan. Greenspan: The Man Behind Money presents the famous Fed Chairman as few know him. It spans his hardscrabble childhood in Depression-era New York City, his fascinating decades-long friendship with controversial author Ayn Rand, his Juilliard education and days spent touring with Henry Jerome's jazz band, as well as two marriages, a dynamic D.C. social life, and service to six U.S. presidents. Based on unprecedented access to Greenspan's family members and peers, including Henry Kissinger, Gerald Ford, and Milton Friedman, Greenspan: The Man Behind Money is the only book to shed real light on one of the most private public figures of our time.
Amazon.com
Alan Greenspan became chairman of the Federal Reserve a scant two months before the stock market crash of 1987. His deft handling of that crisis presaged his triumph in the 1990s, when he kept America from succumbing to the Asian financial flu, and received as much credit for the nation's booming economy as President Clinton. At appropriate points in this solid biography, former Fortune magazine staffer Justin Martin lucidly explains the intricacies of the financial system that Greenspan has dominated for 13 years. But the more fascinating revelations deal with the enigmatic Fed chairman's private life. Born in 1926, Greenspan was a Juilliard student and professional jazz musician before he entered New York University's School of Commerce in 1945. Novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand had a powerful influence on his economic thinking, and Greenspan spent 15 years as a member of her inner circle while he built a successful consulting practice. He made a few slips at the Fed, particularly when he failed to prevent the recession of 1990-91; but Martin shows him learning from his mistakes. Judicious quotes from interviews with colleagues and friends convey Greenspan's intriguing contradictions: aloof, yet collegial at work; deliberately obscure when testifying before Congress, but judged a fascinating conversationalist by the women he's dated, most of whom have been journalists. (He married NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell in 1997.) Is the secretive Chairman Greenspan secretly a media hound? In this instance, and many others, Martin's evenhanded portrait lays out opposing views and lets readers draw their own conclusions.
--Wendy Smith
FromPublishers Weekly
Written without the cooperation of Federal Reserve chief Greenspan, and in the absence of much documentation about his early life, this attempt at a definitive biography fails to bring its subject to life. Working from public records and interviews with Greenspan's former associates, Martin recounts the chairman's childhood in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan in the 1930s and '40s, where his passions were musicDhe played the saxophone and clarinetDand numbers. Accepted into Juilliard after high school, the restless Greenspan left school after a term to tour with a small swing band in 1943 and '44 before returning to New York to study economics at NYU and Columbia. A fierce debater lured by economic theory, Greenspan became a favored member of Ayn Rand's Objectivist circle, while building a well-respected economics consulting firm. A chance re-encounter with an old friend brought him to the attention of Richard Nixon, who was working as a lawyer between presidential bids. Although he worked for Presidents Nixon and Ford, it wasn't until Reagan appointed him to his current position in 1987 that Greenspan's tenure as "an unflappable economist with a gift for calming markets" brought him into the spotlight. Martin, a journalist formerly with Fortune, is strongest in describing Greenspan's public achievements. In his attempt to expose "the man behind the money," however, he fails to move beyond cardboard characterizations and reconstructed media perceptions. Agent, Lisa Swayne. (Nov. 1)
FromBooklist
David Jones (The Politics of Money , 1991), David Sicilla and Jeffrey Cruikshank (The Greenspan Effect , 1999), and Steven Beckner (Back from the Brink, 1996) have all profiled Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve System, but they focused on his tenure at the Fed. Now Martin, most recently a staffer at Fortune magazine for six years, fleshes out the details of Greenspan's personal life and earlier years. Nearly two-thirds of Martin's book is devoted to Greenspan's life before taking over at the Fed. Although Martin uncovers nothing startlingly new, we get a more rounded picture of Greenspan. He grew up in Washington Heights in a neighborhood heavily populated by Jewish immigrants. His parents separated, he was somewhat aloof as a child, and he refused to be bar-mitzvahed. He played jazz clarinet and saxophone professionally but went on to get an economics degree at New York University. He helped Ayn Rand do research for Atlas Shrugged and became a member of Rand's inner circle. He later started his own consulting business and served as an advisor to Presidents Nixon and Ford before Ronald Reagan appointed him chairman of the Fed. Martin traces Greenspan's subsequent achievements but notes that his "legacy is still a work in progress." Expect demand for this book, which provides an in-depth portrait of a man often in the news.
David Rouse
About Author
Justin Martin is a former staff writer at Fortune magazine whose work has also appeared in Newsweek, Worth, Travel & Leisure, and ESPN magazines. He lives in New York City.
Book Dimension:
length: (cm)23.5 width:(cm)15.6
作者简介
Justin Martin is a former staff writer atFortunemagazine whose work has also appeared inNewsweek,Worth,Travel & Leisure, andESPNmagazines. He lives in New York City.
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Amazon.com
Alan Greenspan became chairman of the Federal Reserve a scant two months before the stock market crash of 1987. His deft handling of that crisis presaged his triumph in the 1990s, when he kept America from succumbing to the Asian financial flu, and received as much credit for the nation''s booming economy as President Clinton. At appropriate points in this solid biography, formerFortunemagazine staffer Justin Martin lucidly explains the intricacies of the financial system that Greenspan has dominated for 13 years. But the more fascinating revelations deal with the enigmatic Fed chairman''s private life. Born in 1926, Greenspan was a Juilliard student and professional jazz musician before he entered New York University''s School of Commerce in 1945. Novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand had a powerful influence on his economic thinking, and Greenspan spent 15 years as a member of her inner circle while he built a successful consulting practice. He made a few slips at the Fed, particularly when he failed to prevent the recession of 1990-91; but Martin shows him learning from his mistakes. Judicious quotes from interviews with colleagues and friends convey Greenspan''s intriguing contradictions: aloof, yet collegial at work; deliberately obscure when testifying before Congress, but judged a fascinating conversationalist by the women he''s dated, most of whom have been journalists. (He married NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell in 1997.) Is the secretive Chairman Greenspan secretly a media hound? In this instance, and many others, Martin''s evenhanded portrait lays out opposing views and lets readers draw their own conclusions.--Wendy Smith--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Publishers Weekly
Written without the cooperation of Federal Reserve chief Greenspan, and in the absence of much documentation about his early life, this attempt at a definitive biography fails to bring its subject to life. Working from public records and interviews with Greenspan''s former associates, Martin recounts the chairman''s childhood in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan in the 1930s and ''40s, where his passions were musicDhe played the saxophone and clarinetDand numbers. Accepted into Juilliard after high school, the restless Greenspan left school after a term to tour with a small swing band in 1943 and ''44 before returning to New York to study economics at NYU and Columbia. A fierce debater lured by economic theory, Greenspan became a favored member of Ayn Rand''s Objectivist circle, while building a well-respected economics consulting firm. A chance re-encounter with an old friend brought him to the attention of Richard Nixon, who was working as a lawyer between presidential bids. Although he worked for Presidents Nixon and Ford, it wasn''t until Reagan appointed him to his current position in 1987 that Greenspan''s tenure as "an unflappable economist with a gift for calming markets" brought him into the spotlight. Martin, a journalist formerly with Fortune, is strongest in describing Greenspan''s public achievements. In his attempt to expose "the man behind the money," however, he fails to move beyond cardboard characterizations and reconstructed media perceptions. Agent, Lisa Swayne. (Nov. 1)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
New York
"...very interesting and pleasant to read..."--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
FromBooklist
David Jones (The Politics of Money, 1991), David Sicilla and Jeffrey Cruikshank (The Greenspan Effect, 1999),and Steven Beckner (Back fromthe Brink, 1996)have all profiled Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve System, but they focused on his tenure at the Fed. Now Martin, most recently a staffer atFortunemagazine for six years, fleshes out the details of Greenspan''s personal life and earlier years. Nearly two-thirds of Martin''s book is devoted to Greenspan''s life before taking over at the Fed. Although Martin uncovers nothing startlingly new, we get a more rounded picture of Greenspan. He grew up in Washington Heights in a neighborhood heavily populated by Jewish immigrants. His parents separated, he was somewhat aloof as a child, and he refused to be bar-mitzvahed. He played jazz clarinet and saxophone professionally but went on to get an economics degree at New York University. He helped Ayn Rand do research forAtlas Shruggedand became a member of Rand''s inner circle. He later started his own consulting business and served as an advisor to Presidents Nixon and Ford before Ronald Reagan appointed him chairman of the Fed. Martin traces Greenspan''s subsequent achievements but notes that his "legacy is still a work in progress." Expect demand for this book, which provides an in-depth portrait of a man often in the news.David Rouse
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
-Christian Science Monitor
"Fascinating and fun to read...A solid and entertaining book."
-Kiplinger''s
"Even not-so-exuberant followers of Alan Greenspan will relish the details served up by Justin Martin."
-Vanity Fair
"Excellent."
-San Francisco Chronicle
"Engrossing. Reading Justin Martin''s Greenspan is like watching a director''s cut of your favorite movie."
-BusinessWeek.com
"A thought-provoking portrait."
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