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• Paul A. Volcker

  Former Chairman of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System (1979-87)

   

   

  Paul A. Volcker was Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from August 1979 to August 1987. Initially appointed to that position by President Carter for a four-year term, he was reappointed in 1983 by President Reagan.

  Over the course of his career, Mr. Volcker worked in the Federal Government for almost 30 years, serving in office under five presidents—John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan. Prior to his appointment as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Mr. Volcker spent more than four years as President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

  Mr. Volcker returned to private life in 1987 by joining the firm of James D. Wolfensohn & Co., Inc. as Chairman, until his retirement in 1996. He is currently serving as director of, or consultant to, a number of corporations and nonprofit organizations.

  
  
  

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  • Independent Task Force on Russia Economics

  
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  2007

  September 13, 2007

  Independent Panel Review of the World Bank Group Department of Institutional Integrity

  Author:	Paul A. Volcker, Former Chairman of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System (1979-87)

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  May 23, 2007

  Bretton Woods II: Does The World Need A New Monetary System? [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service, Inc.]

  Speakers:	Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot Univeristy Professor, Harvard University and Former Treasury Secretary Paul A. Volcker, Former Federal Reserve System Chairman

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  Lawrence Summers and Paul Volcker discuss monetary policy as part of the Council's McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics.

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  2004

  September 20, 2004

  The IMF at 60: Evolving Role, Current Challenges

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  April 21, 2004

  A Conversation with Roberto Lavagna

  Speaker:	Roberto Lavagna, minister of the economy, Argentina
  Presider:	Paul A. Volcker, former chairman of the board of governors, U.S. Federal Reserve System

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  2001

  October 2, 2001

  The Terrorist Attacks: The Economic Implications

  Transcript

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  1998

  February 6, 1998

  The Asia Crisis and the Role of the IMF

  Speaker:	Michel Camdessus, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
  Presider:	Paul A. Volcker, Former Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank

  Transcript

  See more in Asia, Australasia and the Pacific, Financial Crises, International Finance

   

  1997

  March 13, 1997

  Twenty-First Century Surprises and Threats

  Panelists:	Paul A. Volcker, Former Chairman, Federal Reserve System Walter Russell Mead, President's fellow, World Policy Institute John Deutch, Institute Professor, MIT

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