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

For Macquarie, the lessons of the Carter era are said to provide a roadmap for modern policymakers, emphasizing the need for ...

President Jimmy Carter appointed Paul Volcker as chairman of the Federal Reserve in 1979 specifically to address the soaring inflation rates of the late 1970s. This action contributed to ...

“I don’t think you can escape that.” These were the words of Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker as he testified before Congress in October 1979. Inflation was 13%. Volcker’s ...

He sent this column with his thoughts about former President Jimmy Carter to The Oklahoman on Tuesday. My view of Jimmy ...

This potent brew was crafted by a special working group that included Secretary of the Treasury John Connally, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs Paul Volcker and others.

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 ...

The man who delivered this potion was not Reagan, but Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker, and the man who appointed Volcker was not Reagan, but Carter. Unfortunately for Carter, that happened ...

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 ...

Despite his name being almost synonymous with “inflation,” Carter ironically appointed inflation hawk Paul Volcker as chairman of the Federal Reserve, regarded as one of the most effective Fed ...

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 ...