Alan Greenspan in 1987. After overseeing a period of immense wealth creation, he was often portrayed as among those responsible for the 2008 global financial crisis and the economic and political shocks that followed it / Lyn Alweis/The Denver Post, via Getty Images
The pre-eminent economic policymaker of his time and arguably the most recognizable economist of any era, Mr. Greenspan led the US central bank under four presidents of both parties from 1987 to 2006.

















