Almighty Alan Greenspan

摘要

"The greatest central banker in the history of the world." That is Phil Gramm's judgment on Alan Greenspan, the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Given that Mr Gramm, a senator from Texas, is chairman of the committee which will soon confirm Mr Greenspan's reappointment as Fed chairman for a fourth four-year term, one can assume that he will not face an unduly rough ride in the Senate.