TY - BOOK AU - Greenspan,Alan TI - The age of turbulence: adventures in a new world SN - 9780713999822 (hbk.) U1 - 332.11092 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Penguin Press KW - Greenspan, Alan KW - Government economists KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Economic conditions KW - 1945- N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [510]-512) and index; Introduction. - 1. City kid. - 2. The making of an economist. - 3. Economics meets politics. - 4. Private citizen. - 5. Black Monday. - 6. The fall of the wall. - 7. A Democrat's agenda. - 8. Irrational exuberance. - 9. Millennium fever. - 10. Downturn. - 11. The nation challenged. - 12. The universals of economic growth. - 13. The modes of capitalism. - 14. The choices that await China. - 15. The tigers and the elephant. - 16. Russia's sharp elbows. - 17. Latin America and populism. - 18. Current accounts and debt. - 19. Globalization and regulation. - 20. The "conundrum". - 21. Education and income inequality. - 22. The world retires. But can it afford to? - 23. Corporate governance. - 24. The long-term energy squeeze. - 25. The Delphic future. - Acknowledgments. - A note on sources. - Index ER -