Not only did the opposite turn out to be true, it turned out that Greenspan can discourse well and lucidly. While the book mostly discusses economics, it does so intelligently and without the sleep-inducing esoterica hanging about that few economics books can muster. Indeed, the 500 pages could slip by you without you noticing. Greenspan‘s book mostly discusses in greater part his long-term job and the economics he had had to deal with. But he did devote a certain portion to a memoir of his childhood and young life. One point worth noting was his dislike for the 60s flower power. In his book he remarked, “I had the freedom not to participate, and I didn’t.” It is amazing how just one line can sum up so many things about a person.
It is also interesting to note his consistent refusal to puff himself up in any way throughout the book. There had been plenty of instances where he could have had, but seem to have courteously declined the openings. Furthermore, he manages to remain tactful about how he regards certain people in his book, for which the reader will eventually find him ending up calling a lot of people his “friends”.
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