{"id":2680,"date":"2026-06-22T11:40:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=2680"},"modified":"2026-06-22T11:40:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:40:49","slug":"influential-economist-alan-greenspan-who-headed-federal-reserve-for-nearly-two-decades-dead-at-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=2680","title":{"rendered":"Influential economist Alan Greenspan who headed Federal Reserve for nearly two decades dead at 100"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Alan Greenspan, the influential economist who led the Federal Reserve for nearly two decades and became one of the most powerful figures in global finance, died Monday morning at the age of 100.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=2678\">Trump\u2019s federal watchdogs are doing the job past IGs let slide \u2014 and the old guard hates it<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His wife, veteran NBC News journalist Andrea Mitchell, told CNBC that Greenspan died from complications of Parkinson\u2019s disease. The couple, who married in 1997, had been together for nearly three decades.<\/p>\n<p>Greenspan served as Fed chairman from 1987 to 2006 under four presidents \u2014 Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.<\/p>\n<p>During his tenure, he steered the US economy through a series of chaotic events including the 1987 stock market crash, the Asian financial crisis, the dot-com boom and bust and the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=2676\">Mamdani\u2019s building a machine \u2014 and every Democrat may soon have to kiss his ring<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Known for his often-cryptic public remarks, Greenspan became a Wall Street celebrity during the 1990s economic expansion and earned the nickname \u201cthe Maestro.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His 1996 warning about \u201cirrational exuberance\u201d became one of the most famous phrases in modern economic history.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In later years, Greenspan faced criticism from some economists who argued that policies pursued during his tenure helped lay the groundwork for the 2008 financial crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=2674\">US and Iran wrap second day of talks after rough start<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alan Greenspan, the influential economist who led the Federal Reserve for nearly two decades and became one of the most powerful figures in global finance, died Monday morning at the age of 100.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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