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Mort d'Alan Greenspan : le monde solde l'héritage contesté du « maestro » de la Fed

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Death of Alan Greenspan: the world weighs the contested legacy of the Fed's 'maestro'

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DOMINANT ANGLE

Seoul weighs Greenspan's legacy against its own monetary vulnerabilities: if the "maestro" embodied both the prosperity of the 1990s and the excesses that precipitated the 2008 crisis, South Korea perceives his legacy through the lens of persistent dependence on Federal Reserve decisions.

Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media

ANALYSIS

Seoul, June 25, 2026.

SOURCES (2)

YonhapMEDIUM
- (LEAD) Korean won slumps against U.S. dollar on expectations of Fed rate hike
Korea TimesMEDIUM
- Alan Greenspan, US Fed 'maestro' through years of boom and bust, dies at 100
- Alan Greenspan, longtime US Federal Reserve chairman, dies aged 100

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Peripheral perspective on Fed dependency

These countries integrate the Greenspan legacy into their own experience of vulnerability to American monetary decisions: South Korea through real-time fluctuations in the won, Portugal through memories of crises affecting peripheral economies.

One other country shares this framing

Portugal

2 of the 11 countries covered by this story

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BIASES AND FRAMING IDENTIFIED

Fed-centric framing: South Korean coverage treats Greenspan primarily through the impact of Federal Reserve policy on the won and local markets, at the expense of analysis of his ideological legacy.

Preference for English-language sources: the two main Korea Times articles essentially reproduce Reuters/NBC wire copy, limiting distinctly Korean analytical perspective.

Minimal coverage of the 1997 Asian financial crisis: no article connects Greenspan's Federal Reserve tenure to the effects of American monetary policy on the Asian financial crisis, despite its direct impact on South Korea.

South Korea

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June 25, 2026

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Russiameasured gap 32/100

United Kingdommeasured gap 27/100

Canadameasured gap 25/100

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