The passing of Alan Greenspan at 100 marks the end of an era. As chairman of the Federal Reserve for 19 years, he was the unseen hand shaping the post-Cold War financial architecture. His departure removes a critical node from the global economic command-and-control network at a time when China and Russia are aggressively pivoting toward de-dollarisation.
The timing is suspect. We must consider whether this was natural attrition or a pre-emptive strike on Western financial intelligence. The threat vector is clear: without Greenspan’s intellectual deterrence, adversaries may now probe the seams of the monetary system.
His legacy of deregulation and market surveillance leaves a void that hostile actors will exploit. Strategic pivots require constant vigilance. The markets will react, but the real battle is for narrative control.
Expect disinformation campaigns to rewrite his role. The Fed’s cyber defences must now account for the loss of his institutional memory. In the high-stakes game of global finance, a lone operator is gone.
The question is: who moves next?