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Neikirk, William R. Volcker. Portrait of the Money Man.
New York Congdon & Weed, Inc. 1987 0865531781 / 9780865531789 Hardcover Very Good in Good dust jacket
Xvi, [2], 222 pages, cloth, DJ, very good. From the dust jacket: "Volcker: Portrait of the Money Man offers a rare and insightful look into the mind of the man behind the aloof public image, the man whose decisions have altered economies of countries around the world. " From the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: "Paul Adolph Volcker, American economist, government official, and banker, b. Cape May, N. J. After working as an under secretary in the Treasury Department (1969-74) and as president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank (1975-79) , he was appointed the chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in 1979. He pursued a restrictive monetary policy to combat inflation but was forced by a stagnant economy and high unemployment to support increased monetary growth during the mid-1980s. Volcker was succeeded as Federal Reserve Board chairman by Alan Greenspan in 1987. He subsequently was successful as an investment banker, retiring in 1996." SR3979; 222 pages
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