One of the leading political economists of the last century has died. Paul Volcker served as Federal Reserve chairman to Presidents Carter and Reagan and later as an adviser to President Obama.

(Bloomberg) -- Around Columbus Day, 1979, Paul Volcker, newly installed as head of the Federal Reserve, embarked on the crusade that made him a legend: a no-holds-barred campaign to beat back ...

At Barack Obama’s news conference this morning, he declared: “At this defining moment for our nation, the old ways of thinking and acting just won’t do. We are called to seek fresh thinking and bold ...

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker ’49 will head a newly created White House advisory board tasked with helping jumpstart the economy and stabilize financial markets, President-elect Barack ...

Paul Volcker, who helped shape U.S. economic policy for more than six decades, most notably by leading the Federal Reserve’s brute-force campaign to subdue inflation in the late 1970s and early ’80s, ...

Paul A. Volcker ’49, the former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, died last month at the age of 92. Volcker served under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, and led the effort to suppress ...

The tributes to President Jimmy Carter give him maximum credit for appointing Paul Volcker chair of the Federal Reserve, in August 1979. The horrendous stagflation of the period—three straight years ...

“The standard of living of the average American has to decline,” he said. “I don’t think you can escape that.” These were the words of Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker as he testified before ...

(Reuters) - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker warned the Trump administration’s handling of domestic issues as well as trade talks with China is hurting the United States’ long-term ...

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker (Diana Walker/Getty Images) The Trump administration has claimed that the shock of tariffs will soon wear off and usher in an era of American prosperity.

Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Paul Volcker cracked a joke Tuesday afternoon as he was getting up to leave early from an SEC roundtable event on money market fund reform. Volcker has been an ...