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Greenspan, Alan
Greenspan, Alan definition - finance
The
chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors since 1987, when he was
appointed by President Ronald Reagan to succeed Paul Volcker. Greenspan was a
private economic consultant from 1954 until 1987, excluding a 3-year period
when he was Gerald FordÂ’s chairman of the PresidentÂ’s Council of Economic
Advisors. He chaired a bipartisan National Commission on Social Security Reform
from 1981 until 1983.
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