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The man who invented the Fed’s magic trick just died. His successor is about to try it again

Alan Greenspan's closest colleagues see his fingerprints in the AI bet: “Hopefully, it won't end the same way.”

Fortune

How Alan Greenspan’s stint as President Ford’s top economic adviser cemented his passion for public service and prepared him to lead the Fed

Alan Greenspan, who died on June 22, 2026, at the age of 100, is best remembered for his 18 years at the helm of the Federal Reserve. What many people don’t know is that an earlier and more obscure stint during the administration of President Gerald Ford shaped him as…

The Conversation

Alan Greenspan obituary

American economist and long-serving head of the Federal Reserve widely praised for the US boom whose reputation was re-evaluated in the wake of the 2008 crash

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Alan Greenspan, longtime Fed chief with a divided legacy, dies

WASHINGTON — Alan Greenspan, the longtime United States Federal Reserve (Fed) chief who presided over an unprecedented period of American economic expansion but was later faulted for failing to rein in markets ahead of the 2008 global financial crisis, has died.

Bangkok Post

Former US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan dies at 100

Alan Greenspan – the longtime US Federal Reserve chief who served under four presidents – has died at 100, his wife said in a statement on Monday. Greenspan presided over an unprecedented period of American economic expansion but was later faulted for failing to rein in markets ahead of the…

France 24

Alan Greenspan dies at 100: the Fed ‘Maestro’ who shaped America’s economy — and its biggest crisis

Greenspan passed away on Monday from complications of Parkinson’s Disease, his wife, Andrea Mitchell, confirmed

The Independent UK

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan dies at 100

Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman initially celebrated for engineering record-breaking U.S. economic expansion and later blamed for a devastating financial crisis, died on Monday

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Alan Greenspan, longtime Fed chair who shaped US economic policy for nearly two decades, dies at 100

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, a towering figure in American economic policy, has passed away at 100. He guided the nation's monetary policy through five presidential terms. His wife, Andrea Mitchell, confirmed his death at their home, citing complications from Parkinson's Disease. Greenspan's long tenure left an indelible mark…

The Economic Times

“We weren’t arrogant enough to think we were suddenly the most important band in the world. We just knew we were”: A metal fan’s guide to Rush

Side long epics, mad concepts and unlikely hit singles – how Canadian visionaries Rush laid down the blueprint for prog metal

Metal Hammer

The Economist Who Wants To Make the World Poorer

Thomas Piketty's plan is a comprehensive program for global managed decline dressed up in the language of climate justice and equality.

Reason

Ayn Rand Is Alive in Ankara

Objectivism in Turkey has risen and fallen in recent decades, but is newly rejuvenated.

Reason

“It was the record that changed our lives. The record that won us freedom of creative expression”: Rush frontman Geddy Lee recalls how the band's 1976 prog classic 2112 transformed their fortunes

No one at the record company was happy to hear that Rush had another concept record. But this time the prog trio stuck the landing on a sci-fi epic that changed everything

MusicRadar

‘Gossip and Sleaze’: Dallas Express Smears State Rep’s Son Under Fake Byline

The right-wing news outlet published anonymously sourced allegations about a Houston minor by a supposed author whose name is likely an Ayn Rand reference.

Texas Observer

Ken Levine on BioShock, Ayn Rand, and Libertarianism

"What does completely, completely unregulated commerce look like?" Ken Levine's Bioshock will tell you.

Reason

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Get your Milton Friedman and Ayn Rand right: Zomato and Blinkit aren’t capitalism

Late last week, I wrote a piece responding to Deepinder Goyal’s tweets on how he views India’s gig economy. It went viral – and as is inevitable with anything that does, it brought with it an equal measure of bouquets and brickbats.

Reason

Zohran Mamdani Can't Ruin New York City

Mayors come and go, but New York City remains fundamentally itself.

Reason

The John Galt of Comic Books

The co-creator of Spider-Man and Dr. Strange later created some failed Ayn Rand–inspired superheroes.

International Business Times

Jeremy Griffith: A Surprising Defence of Capitalism

Working through the not-for-profit World Transformation Movement, Jeremy Griffith has devoted decades to refining what he calls his instinct-vs-intellect explanation of the human condition – a biological account of how our species became 'psychologically upset'.

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Ayn Rand Denounced the FCC's 'Public Interest' Censorship More Than 60 Years Ago

In her 1962 essay "Have Gun, Will Nudge," Rand foresaw how government officials would seek to silence people they don't like.

Reason

War Is Over

Plus: Zohran Mamdani's new allies, NBA returns to China, free Ayn Rand, and more...

The Conversation

Jane Fonda, other stars, revive the Committee for the First Amendment – a group that emerged when the anti-communist panic came for Hollywood

Jane Fonda is joining forces with more than 500 celebrities and Hollywood heavyweights to defend free speech.

The Conversation

This libertarian manifesto, loved by Peter Thiel, urges a ‘cognitive elite’ to see selfishness as a virtue

In Silicon Valley’s unofficial literary canon, few works loom as large as The Sovereign Individual. A kind of survival manual for 21st-century tech billionaires, it has been enthusiastically championed by Palantir and Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel (mentor to JD Vance), who wrote the foreword to the 2020 edition.

Reason

60 Years Ago, Ayn Rand Denounced FCC Censorship. Brendan Carr Should Listen.

In her 1962 essay "Have Gun, Will Nudge," Rand explained exactly how the public interest standard would lead to censorship.

Louder

“The reason Rush could rock while referencing Bertrand Russell and Elizabethan drama”: Neil Peart’s most powerful lyrics

Along with punching out impressive drum parts, he brought Tolkien, Twain and Wilde to bear on the world of prog. Here are just 10 of his best moments

Reason

Mountainhead Is a Shallow Satire of Tech Billionaires

A zippy script can't make up for a lack of insight.

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