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Alan Greenspan, longtime Fed chairman who inspired Jewish pride and antisemitic conspiracy theories, dies at 100

JL;DR SUMMARY Alan Greenspan, the influential former Federal Reserve Chairman, has died at 100 from complications of Parkinson's disease. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityJewish ValuesFree MarketFinancial CrisisAyn RandFederal ReserveUs EconomyLibertarianismAlan Greenspan

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Washington, Washington DC, United States
"WASHINGTON Alan Greenspan, the free markets champion whose longevity shaping the American economy was grist for the mills of Jewish pride and antisemitic conspiracy mongering alike, has died at 100."
California, United States
"when Rep. Henry Waxman, the Jewish California Democrat, asked Greenspan if he regretted his laissez faire approach to keeping interest rates low."
New York, United States
"in a New York meeting that Reagan would be a better friend to Israel than Carter, who had clashed with the government of Prime Minister Menachem Begin."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"He was a member of two predominantly Jewish clubs, Harmonie in New York and Hillcrest in Los Angeles."

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