The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
Alan Greenspan
The post 9/11 global economy is a new and turbulent system - vastly more flexible, resilient, open, self-directing, and fast-changing than ever before. The Age of Turbulence will be an incomparable reckoning with the nature of this new world - how we got here, what we're living through, and what lies over the horizon, for good or ill, channelled through Greenspan's own experiences working in the command room of the global economy for longer and with greater effect than any other single living figure. He will share the story of the extraordinary years he has experienced and shaped, and the individuals who made strong impressions on him, including every US President from Nixon to George W. Bush. But his main goal is to draw readers along the same learning curve he followed, so they have a grasp of his own hard-won, layered understanding of the dynamics that drive world events.
Award History
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| Award | Year | Result | Category / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| FT Business Book of the YearMajor | 2007 | Shortlist | Secondary source |
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03 Suggested argument
The post-9/11 global economy forms a new, turbulent system whose dynamics explain world events and require a reckoning with how it was created and where it is heading.
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