Paul Volcker
American economist (1927-2019) · United States · Academics · Died at 92
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Something wrong?Paul Adolph Volcker Jr. was an American economist who served as the 12th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 1987.
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Paul Adolph Volcker Jr. was an American economist who served as the 12th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 1987. During his tenure as chairman, Volcker was widely credited with having ended the high levels of inflation seen in the United States throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, with measures known as the Volcker shock. He previously served as the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 1975 to 1979.
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Joseph StiglitzBoth received Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize
Alan GreenspanBoth received Paul A. Volcker Lifetime Achievement Award for Economic Policy
Stanley FischerBoth received Paul A. Volcker Lifetime Achievement Award for Economic Policy
Alan B. KruegerBoth received Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize
Jean-Claude TrichetBoth received Paul A. Volcker Lifetime Achievement Award for Economic Policy
Mervyn KingBoth received Paul A. Volcker Lifetime Achievement Award for Economic PolicyFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.