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Alan Greenspan, seated left, said working for President Gerald Ford, sitting next to him, was more interesting than helming the Fed. AP Photo

June 23, 2026

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

Simon Bowmaker, New York University and Paul Wachtel, New York University

The Fed chair who served under five US presidents was more practical and less ideological than his detractors claimed.

Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to helm the Fed, is expected to change the way the central bank operates. AP Photo/Alastair Grant

March 31, 2026

Trump Fed pick Kevin Warsh could shake up the central bank with his ‘family fight’ model

Simon Bowmaker, New York University and Paul Wachtel, New York University

The US Federal Reserve has never before been this transparent about its policymaking process − but that might not be a good thing.

Australian banks’ capital levels must be ‘unquestionably strong’, according to the Financial Systems Inquiry. AAP/Dean Lewins

February 21, 2017

APRA fiddles on bank risk while Rome burns

Andrew Schmulow, The University of Western Australia

Some argue, determinedly and erroneously, that when functioning correctly bank capital levels are almost magical things.

Double speak? It isn’t easy being a reserve banker. Dan Peled/AAP

August 24, 2014

Greenspan’s ‘uncertainty principle’ and the evolution of Fedspeak

Richard Holden, UNSW

Last Tuesday the minutes of August’s Reserve Bank of Australia board meeting were released. Market participants speculated about what they would say, currency and bond markets responded to what they did…

A US inquiry is questioning Lynn Tilton and her firm Patriarch Partners over its relationship with an ex-Army official, Norbert E Vergez. Wikimedia Commons

September 9, 2013

Private equity’s very public connections

Timothy Spangler, University of California, Los Angeles

US reports have recently circulated of a government probe into the hiring of former Colonel Norbert Vergez by the private equity firm Patriarch Partners, headed by billionaire “turnaround queen” and would-be…

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