His Previous Presidential appointments include the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, the Commission on Financial Structure and Regulation, the Commission on an All-Volunteer Armed Force, and the Task Force on Economic Growth.
Dr. Greenspan in recent years served as a Corporate Director for Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa); Automatic Data Processing, Inc.; Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.; General Foods, Inc.; J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc.; Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York; Mobil Corporation; and The Pittston Company.
Alan Greenspan was a child during the depression and became President Gerald Ford's top economic advisor during the economic woes of the mid-70s, and ascended to his current post mere months before the stock market crash of 1987.
Alan Greenspan first tasted public life as director of policy research for Richard Nixon's 1968 presidential campaign. President Ford appointed Greenspan chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers. He took a breather form government during the Carter administration and returned to Washington in 1987; When President Ronald Reagan nominated him as Federal chairman.
Alan Greenspan has stayed at that post through four presidencies, a testament to his economic and political acumen, with his fourth four-year term ending in 2004.
It was said that Alan Greenspan was often dubbed the second most powerful man in America.
As the Federal Reserve Board Chairman, Alan Greenspan controls U.S. monetary policy by influencing short-term interest rates and, in turn, the cost of credit to American companies and consumers. Alan Greenspan also has a say in interest rates and rate hikes. .
In my opinion, after researching this man, I have come to the conclusion that Alan Greenspan is a liberal from reading some of the decisions he has made, Although most decisions made can be seen as good or better for business and the American economy, most liberals see Alan Greenspan as a loose cannon that makes decisions out of the mainstream arena.