Alan Greenspan was an American economist who served as the 13th chair of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006. First nominated by President Ronald Reagan in August 1987, he was reappointed at successive four-year intervals until retiring in January 2006, after the second-longest tenure in the position behind only William McChesney Martin; President George W. Bush appointed Ben Bernanke as his successor. Greenspan came to the Federal Reserve Board from a consulting career, and although subdued in public appearances, favorable media coverage raised his profile to the point that several observers likened him to a rock star. Democratic leaders of Congress criticized him for politicizing his office because of his support for social security privatization and tax cuts.
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Greenspan had been confirmed as Federal Reserve Chairman on August 11, 1987, roughly two months before the crash, and issued the Fed's public response to it.
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Greenspan's December 1996 irrational exuberance speech warned of the asset-price run-up that became the dot-com bubble; this atlas already cites the same speech (source wikipedia-irrational-exuberance) on the Dot-com Bubble entity itself.
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Although he was subdued in his public appearances, favorable media coverage raised his profile to a point that several observers likened him to a "rock star".
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March 6, 1926
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June 22, 2026
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First nominated to the Federal Reserve by President Ronald Reagan in August 1987, Greenspan was reappointed at successive four-year intervals until retiring in January 2006, after the second-longest tenure in the position, behind only William McChesney Martin.
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Alan Greenspan (March 6, 1926 - June 22, 2026) was an American economist who served as the 13th chair of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006. He worked as a private adviser and provided consulting for firms through his company, Greenspan Associates LLC.
Associated With: Black Monday (1987), Chairman of the Federal Reserve
Two months after his confirmation, Greenspan said immediately following the 1987 stock market crash that the Fed "affirmed today its readiness to serve as a source of liquidity to support the economic and financial system".
Associated With: Dot-com Bubble, Legacy
In 1996 he became famous for the phrase "irrational exuberance" which he used in a speech intended to warn of what became the dot-com bubble.
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Alan Greenspan (March 6, 1926 - June 22, 2026) was an American economist who served as the 13th chair of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006.
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