Who was the chairman of the Fed before Alan Greenspan?
It’s hard to remember that anyone was the chairman of the Fed (short for “Federal Reserve”) before Alan Greenspan. His stewardship of U.S. monetary policy has coincided with a long, impressive expansion of the American economy. To put it simply: Greenspan is a superstar — reappointed not once, but twice, by a president from the opposite political party. To find out who headed the Fed before Greenspan, we did a multiword search using the phrase “fed chairman before alan greenspan” (without the quotes). The results included hundreds of links. After clicking on several, we realized we weren’t getting anywhere. We decided to switch things around, entering a number of variations on the above words. We even tried using a very specific phrase, “chairman before greenspan” (with quotes), but that search came up completely empty. Strike two. We changed our bias (from searching to browsing) and headed for
