There could hardly be two more different presidencies than that of Jimmy Carter and Donald Trump.  And, to some degree, ...

Appointing Paul Volcker was the top accomplishment of the Carter presidency, and the benefit of a more vigilant Fed continues ...

As may now be apparent, I disagree with my colleague Michael Sean Winters who wrote that James Earl Carter Jr. was a failed ...

Stagflation, the challenging combination of high inflation, slow economic growth, and rising unemployment, presents a ...

In death, as in life, former President Jimmy Carter can’t seem to get a fair shake, at least from the national political establishment based in Washington and the mainstream mass media. Carter is ...

The recession was orchestrated by the Federal Reserve chair Paul Volcker, who had been appointed by Carter and then reappointed by Reagan. While Carter publicly distanced himself from Volcker’s ...

These include senior appointments, first and foremost Paul Volcker as chairman of the Federal Reserve. Carter assumed office as both inflation and unemployment combined (so-called “stagflation”) were ...

The president-elect sat in the row directly ahead of Mike Pence, who was once the target of a violent mob bent on keeping ...

The standard of living of the average American has to decline,” he said. “I don't think you can escape  that.” These were the ...

When I was working on my biography of Alan Greenspan, I was influenced by this portrait of Paul Volcker, who led the Federal Reserve between 1979 and 1987, before Greenspan took over. I think that ...

Appointing Trilateral Commission members in key posts, including Paul Volcker as chair of the Federal Reserve and Zbigniew Brzezinski as national security adviser, Carter implemented a policy of more ...

My view of Jimmy Carter’s presidency is that he was overcome by events that he had no control of — the hostages in Iran no doubt cost him much popularity in the United States, and inflation introduced ...