RaveThe Wall Street Journal...despite its nearly 700 pages of text, the book is hard to put down, thanks to Mr. Mallaby’s knack for finding just the right example or sparkling quotation to illustrate his points ... Anecdotes from his personal life are judiciously sprinkled throughout the book, providing short respites from economic matters ... [Mallaby's] meticulous research has created a thoroughly engaging portrait of his life and times ... a tour de force, the story not just of Alan Greenspan’s career but equally of America’s economic triumphs and failures over five decades.
