Who is Alan Greenspan?
Alan Greenspan was born in New York City on March 6, 1926, just a couple of weeks after Ayn Rand’s arrival there from Russia. The two first met in the early 1950s. The introduction came because Greenspan was briefly married to a childhood friend of Barbara Branden. Although initially skeptical of Rand’s ideas, he eventually became a lecturer for the Nathaniel Branden Institute and a contributor of articles to The Objectivist Newsletter. He received a Ph.D. in economics from New York University in 1977. After serving on various commissions and councils for Presidents Nixon, Ford and Reagan, Greenspan was appointed by Reagan in 1987 to be chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. He was repeatedly re-appointed to this position by succeeding presidents, until his retirement in early 2006.[*] The significant events of Greenspan’s life are recounted in the ORC’s Alan Greenspan Timeline. For many years it was not clear to what extent Greenspan still accepted Rand’s ideas. Some reports suggested
