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§ The minds · b. 1926 · United States · Economist (Rand circle)
Alan Greenspan (young)
From Rand's circle
The Objectivist who later ran the Fed.
Economic+52
SocialistMarket
Governance−90
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social+10
TraditionalProgressive
A member of Rand's intimate circle who wrote for her on the gold standard and laissez-faire — before a later, more pragmatic career complicated the creed.
social
Rationalist individualist of the inner circle.
economic
Early gold-standard, free-market absolutist.
governance
Began as a minimal-state Objectivist before pragmatic office.
Notable for
- Member of Rand's 'Collective'
- Essays on the gold standard
- Later Fed chairmanship
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