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39. He gets a lot of hate, but the economy really boomed under him in the 90s

Mon Jun 22, 2026, 08:34 PM

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I know a lot of that has to do with Bill Clinton, but Clinton himself liked Greenspan. Not only did he never try to fire him, but he reappointed him to serve additional terms as Chairman of the Federal Reserve in 1996 and 2000.

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Alan Greenspan, economist and longtime head of the Federal Reserve, dies at 100 [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

Happy Days Are Here Again bucolic_frolic Yesterday #1

About Fucking time GCG Yesterday #2

Why do people like him and Kissinger live so long? raccoon Yesterday #3

because they are ungodly wealthy and afford the best treatment. Javaman Yesterday #5

And Dick Cheney. And now Donald Trump...only 80, but who has done 100 years BComplex Yesterday #8

how about that. nt Javaman Yesterday #4

My mother taught me to speak only good of the dead. Martin Eden Yesterday #6

It should be noted... GiqueCee Yesterday #7

Ayn Rand still lives on in the republican party, and in the academia of the University of BComplex Yesterday #9

Likewise, I'm sure... GiqueCee 23 hrs ago #12

my uncle gave me the paperbacks he bought for his wife. i tried to read atlas shrugged. i couldn't finish the1st pansypoo53219 19 hrs ago #29

"Rand hated altruism in any and every form, and ranted against it at every possible opportunity." BumRushDaShow 23 hrs ago #11

Why write Rand's real name? nt SouthBayDem 23 hrs ago #13

Why not? GiqueCee 23 hrs ago #14

Never knew her real name mountain grammy 23 hrs ago #16

Back in the sixties... GiqueCee 23 hrs ago #20

Ironically radical noodle Yesterday #10

Another Ayn Rand kook that destroyed this country. Good riddance! OhioBack2Blue 23 hrs ago #15

Greenspan read Atlas Shrugged lildDemz 23 hrs ago #17

Yet, just another Republican popsdenver 23 hrs ago #18

Good riddance. Aristus 23 hrs ago #19

Let me know where they're planting him. TygrBright 23 hrs ago #21

We Come To Bury Greenspan modrepub 22 hrs ago #22

He caused a great deal of real harm. Chaunceuy was just a puppet. Martin68 19 hrs ago #28

He did a lot of economic damage. Grins 22 hrs ago #23

RIP. He served his country the best he thought fit. Did not enriched himself question everything 21 hrs ago #24

Here BumRushDaShow 20 hrs ago #25

why bring image from, when 1978? And, Ayn Rand was pro choice, for what its is worth question everything 17 hrs ago #36

Libertarians like Rand & Ron Paul and even idiots like Bill Maher, are also "pro-choice" BumRushDaShow 16 hrs ago #37

Hmm. PuraVidaDreamin 20 hrs ago #26

I don't believe "he was always honest in acknowledging his mistakes." Martin68 20 hrs ago #27

how did he knot know INFLATION. he fucked up the social security fix BIG TIME. pansypoo53219 19 hrs ago #30

Fascist slime shouldn't live this long. BlueTsunami2018 19 hrs ago #31

Good effing riddance Wild blueberry 19 hrs ago #32

He probably should have stuck to the clarinet n/t BaronChocula 19 hrs ago #33

Sorry, Alan, you just couldn't put off dying forever. generalbetrayus 18 hrs ago #34

He's one of the he-men who silenced and marginalized Brooksley Born after she.. CousinIT 18 hrs ago #35

Here I thought guys stopped reading Ayn Rand at the age when their acne cleared up GenThePerservering 14 hrs ago #38

He gets a lot of hate, but the economy really boomed under him in the 90s Polybius 12 hrs ago #39

And then 2007 happened, leaving Bernanke with a nightmare thanks to his predecessor's policies. BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago #40

True Polybius 3 hrs ago #43

The chipping away of Dodd-Frank BumRushDaShow 3 hrs ago #44

Condolences to those that cared for him. Maru Kitteh 11 hrs ago #41

He's not dead. LudwigPastorius 9 hrs ago #42