Alan Greenspan, former Federal Reserve chair, dies at 100

financeJun 23, 202625793

Alan Greenspan died on June 22, 2026, at age 100 from complications of Parkinson's disease. Greenspan led the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006 and emerged as a leading architect of modern U.S. monetary policy. He championed deregulatory policies, was influenced by Ayn Rand, coined the phrase "irrational exuberance", and later acknowledged he had been wrong to assume banks would protect themselves. Those policies and admissions are cited as contributing factors to the 2008 financial crisis and continue to shape debates at the Fed over financial stability, inequality, and bank regulation.

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@vespavixen.bsky.social

Alan Greenspan died. Clive Davis died. They say it comes in 3's. Fingers crossed that today is the day! @penguin20212.bsky.social @chickgonebad.bsky.social 🤞🏻

36045d ago

CrazyCatsMom6

Greenspan helped Reagan distroy the middle class. Clive Davis had his annual Grammy Party even though the woman who made him rich was dead upstairs. Both a waste of humanity.

lSaul5

I'll bet on MConnell, the GOP is pumping Trump with IV's and drugs to keep him alive. No one cares if McConnell lives another day. 😆

CB is here3

I'm betting on BITCH MCCONNELL

David Frank DeLuca3

Stephen Miller for the win.

ChatIvre3

Yeah but those are contributors who will be missed. Him, not so much.

Debra K3

I’m feeling queasy already thinking about how much we’re gonna have to spend on some kind of ridiculous gold-plated funeral in DC

DDagger20242

Fingers crossed, but doubt it. He wouldn’t be included in that group. I’m thinking more like maybe something truly horrible, like Dick Van Dyke or Mel Brooks. Maybe David Foster!

The Guardian

@theguardian.com

RIP Alan Greenspan: you were charming, powerful, and wrong | Robert Reich

10945d ago

The Spirit of Mel Brooks4

He stated that he was shocked that Banks would not regulate themselves. He was naive, bordering on imbecilic, living in a la-la-land.

bellriots30.bsky.social3

RIP? This man hurt millions of people and set in motion the rise of the fascist tech bros

JS B2

When powerful people make mistakes, people with the least amount of power suffer and die.

sick public transit, gloria

@seung.bsky.social

my AP US Gov class teacher had behind his desk large photo printouts of three of the most important Americans in his opinion: Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Alan Greenspan

4345d ago

sick public transit, gloria35

he was a bad teacher, a former hippie turned Reagan Republican, and went on a few rants on how Ben Bernanke is the devil incarnate for reasons I wish I remembered (this was in 2009). did indirectly teach me a great lesson I still carry, however: always pay attention to the Federal Reserve

Screamer Jim11

Mine made us watch Koyaanisqatsi. But my AP Euro teacher introduced me to the term Dumbocrats, which is how I know Trump had lost his fastball

ren they/them 🏳️‍⚧️5

Iirc mine had this photo but it was a 3 foot tall poster

PMC Vanguardist2

meh, .333 is a good batting average

Scott Horton

@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

“I consider income inequality the most dangerous part of what’s going on in the United States.” —Alan Greenspan (2009)

3044d ago

Pennyjs

@pennyjs.bsky.social

Early summer foliage. Irrational exuberance! (Thank you, economist Alan Greenspan, for coining this phrase. 1926-2026. RIP.)

3445d ago

The Bulwark

@thebulwark.com

RIP Alan Greenspan, though, @crampell.bsky.social writes, his legacy is not all lost. Greenspan's methods and techniques have inspired the work of current Fed Chair, Kevin Warsh.

2844d ago

Conor Sen

@conorsen.bsky.social

This never would have happened if Alan Greenspan were still alive.

3145d ago

Helene Meisler16

Today's discussion: Is the Greenspan Put still alive? 😄

Professor Richard D. Wolff

@profwolff.bsky.social

#WolffBites: Alan Greenspan as always US capitalism's "irrational;y exuberant" cheerleaser supreme. He peaked when it did and shared its decline even as he also shared the massive denial of that decline. www.cnn.com/2026/06/22/e...

1545d ago

l1573n.bsky.social

@l1573n.bsky.social

Alan Greenspan “admitted he was wrong to think that banks would protect themselves from financial market chaos.” In short, he failed to realize greedy people might be short-sighted www.ft.com/content/aee9...

2445d ago

[Sic] Burns

@sicburns2.bsky.social

Breaking news President says reflecting pool actually is the Alan Greenspan Memorial

1645d ago

Charles Keener

@charleskeener.bsky.social

Alan Greenspan has died at the age of 100. He served as the chair of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006. He was a disciple of libertarian philosopher Ayn Rand; a leading advocate for deregulating banks; and a proponent of so-called trickle-down economics.

1144d ago

Blonde Ambition3

Wealth never “trickles down.” The super rich ensure that they keep it for themselves.

nsn2

Good riddance. His legacy was devastating.

Kuromi Bunny in Boston

@kuromibunnygirl.bsky.social

fuck alan greenspan, the federal reserve chair from 1987-2006, everything he set up put in motion led to the 2008 financial crisis, you ruined so many opportunities for me & my friends, fuck you, rot in hades

7:39 am

Alan Greenspan dies at 100, former chair of yhe federal reserve

1646d ago

Maranoa Girl

@maranoagirl.bsky.social

Goodbye Alan Greenspan. The world is now paying the consequences of you, your "mentor" Ayn Rand & her slackjaw destructive neoliberal war mongering despotic economic ecocidal claptrap. Goodbye.

1045d ago