本期《隐藏力量》节目邀请了传记作家塞巴斯蒂安·马拉比，共同探讨了美联储主席艾伦·格林斯潘的历史。格林斯潘是美国历史上最具影响力的人物之一，他从自由主义者转变为技术官僚，在金融改革的关键时期扮演了重要角色。节目探讨了格林斯潘在1990年代经济繁荣和2008年金融危机中的责任，以及他的故事对人类干预、远见和权力的局限性与风险的启示。

🤔 格林斯潘是一位经历了政治和经济变革的传奇人物。他从早期支持共和党候选人巴里·戈德华特到后来担任福特政府的官员，以及担任里根总统的顾问，格林斯潘在公共政策领域有着深厚的背景。

📈 格林斯潘担任美联储主席的时间跨越了1987年的危机到2006年美国房地产市场的高峰。他被认为是1990年代经济繁荣的推动者之一，但也面临着对2008年金融危机责任的指责。

⚠️ 格林斯潘的故事揭示了人类干预、远见和权力的局限性。他的经历提醒人们，即使是最有经验的经济学家也无法完全预测和控制市场波动，政府干预也并非总是有效或安全的。

💡 格林斯潘的经历也为我们提供了宝贵的经验教训，即在经济决策中需要权衡风险和收益，并谨慎使用政府权力。同时，我们也需要意识到，市场力量和人类行为的复杂性，以及金融体系的脆弱性。

🧐 格林斯潘的传奇故事引发了人们对经济政策、金融监管和人类行为的深刻思考，提醒我们，在追求经济繁荣的同时，也要警惕风险，并寻求更有效的监管机制。

In Episode 9 of Hidden Forces, host Demetri Kofinas explores the history of the Federal Reserve under the chairmanship of Alan Greenspan with biographer Sebastian Mallaby. Sebastian is a writer, commentator, and chronicler of financial and economic history. He is the Paul A. Volcker senior fellow for international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and a contributing columnist for the Washington Post. His interests cover a wide variety of domestic and international issues, including central banks (the federal reserve), financial markets, and the intersection of economics and international relations. Some of his books include More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite, The World’s Banker, and The Man Who Knew: The Life & Times of Alan Greenspan, Winner of the 2016 Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.

Alan Greenspan is one of the most consequential and yet, least understood figures in American history. He was a libertarian turned technocrat. He was a self-described “side-man” who, nevertheless, managed to place himself front and center during one of the most crucial periods in the remaking of American finance. His early days in politics were spent as an active supporter of the Republican Barry Goldwater. In his later years, he became a fixture in the Ford administration. Later, he took on the role as an advisor to Ronald Reagan. Alan Greenspan’s role in public policy long predates his almost 20-year tenure as chairman of the Federal Reserve System. His chairmanship lasted from the crisis of 1987 all the way through to the peak of the American housing market in 2006. How responsible was he for the prosperity of the 1990s? How much is he to blame for the catastrophic, financial meltdown of 2008? Most importantly, what can the story of Alan Greenspan teach us about the limits and dangers of human intervention, foresight, and power?

Producer & Host: Demetri Kofinas

Editor & Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou