A fascinating and balanced study of arguably the most important figure of the post-war global finance scene
Mervyn King A brilliant account of Alan Greenspan's journey from radical idealogue to politically adept pragmatist, and an excellent analysis of how profound changes within the financial system generated challenges to which that pragmatism was ultimately an inadequate response. A must read ... Read more
Lord Adair Turner 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 ... The Man Who Knew is 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. This carefully researched and elegantly written book will be essential reading for those who aspire to make policy and for anyone who wants to divine what drives the choices that our leaders make
Wall Street Journal
A major achievement; it may well be the best biography we have ever had of a central banker
David Kynaston Alan Greenspan's story really is the story of modern finance - its brilliance but also its fatal flaws. Years of research and a keen eye for narrative detail gives Sebastian Mallaby all he needs to bring the tale to life. Alan Greenspan was a lot more than a central banker - and this book is a lot more than his biography
Stephanie Flanders Superb ... Sebastian Mallaby helps history make up its mind about Alan Greenspan
Economist
A splendid biography - compelling, readable, provocative, richly researched, brimming with intelligence ... will surely become the definitive Greenspan biography
Roger Lowenstein, author of 'When Genius Failed' and 'Buffet' Admire him or despise him, Alan Greenspan was the pre-eminent financial statesman of the post-war ear. But Sebastian Mallaby's magisterial biography casts him as something more (and more intriguing) than that: a masterly and mesmerising politician
John Heilemann, Author of 'Game Change' and 'Double Down' One of the best of the year, even from just the first pages
Tyler Cowen
Marginal Revolution
Deeply researched and elegantly written ... Incomparable
Financial Times
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 ... The Man Who Knew is 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. This carefully researched and elegantly written book will be essential reading for those who aspire to make policy and for anyone who wants to divine what drives the choices that our leaders make
Wall Street Journal
Mallaby's book is part biography, part political history and part inquest
The Times
Meticulously researched
Sunday Times
Colourful and exhaustive
Financial Times
An impressive work of scholarship ... A masterpiece of political economy and, above all, it's a great and enjoyable read
Lionel Barber `An engaging, sympathetic yet unsparing portrait'
Paul Singer
Wall Street Journal
`The best biography of 2016'
Martin Vander Weyer
Spectator
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