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KEEPING AT IT: the quest for sound money and good government

Name: KEEPING AT IT: the quest for sound money and good government
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ISBN: 9781541788305

Paul Volcker;Christine Harper

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The extraordinary life story of the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, whose absolute integrity provides the inspiration we need as our constitutional system and political tradition are being tested to the breaking point. Paul Volcker has devoted his life's work to public service and the critical importance of open, disciplined and efficient government. As chairman of the Federal Reserve (1979-1987) he literally rescued the American economy from destroying itself, summoning the courage to take radical and controversial steps to slay the inflation dragon. And whenever the going got really tough—the financial crash of 2008, the need to reform banking, the oil for food UN scandal, the turmoil in Switzerland over theft of Holocaust victims, cheating in Major League Baseball—US presidents and other leaders said to "get Volcker in here to help me work this thing through." Told with wit, humor, and down-to-earth erudition, Volcker's memoir [...]brings...

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Year:

2022

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Public Affairs City: S.l;United States

Language:

English

ISBN 10:

1541788303

ISBN 13:

9781541788305