Alan Greenspan, the influential economist and long-held chairman of the Federal Reserve died on Monday at the age of 100.

The announcement of his demise came from his wife Andrea Mitchell, who said in a statement, ““Alan passed away at our home this morning at the age of 100 from complications of Parkinson’s Disease.”

“He was a giant of a man who helped shape the U.S. economy for decades under presidents of both parties, but was always honest in acknowledging his mistakes,” she added.

“To me he was my husband, who shaped my life from our very first date in 1984. He had ‘irrational........

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