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2008:

  1. A discussion about the economic crisis with Paul Volcker
    A discussion about the economic crisis with Paul Volcker

    with Paul Volcker on Oct 9, 2008

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    36 min
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  2. Paul Volker on credibility and the response to the financial crisis
    Paul Volker on credibility and the response to the financial...

    with Paul Volcker on Oct 9, 2008

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    45 sec
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  3. Paul Volcker warns against big banks becoming too big
    Paul Volcker warns against big banks becoming too big

    with Paul Volcker on Oct 9, 2008

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    54 sec
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  4. Paul Volcker on whether there is a silver lining to the financial crisis
    Paul Volcker on whether there is a silver lining to the...

    with Paul Volcker on Oct 9, 2008

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    2 min
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  5. Paul Volcker on the response to the financial crisis
    Paul Volcker on the response to the financial crisis

    with Paul Volcker on Oct 9, 2008

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  6. Paul Volcker on the strength of the dollarer
    Paul Volcker on the strength of the dollarer

    with Paul Volcker on Oct 9, 2008

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  7. Paul Volcker on the fallout of the credit default swaps market
    Paul Volcker on the fallout of the credit default swaps...

    with Paul Volcker on Oct 9, 2008

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    51 sec
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  8. A discussion about the economy with Paul Volcker
    A discussion about the economy with Paul Volcker

    with Paul Volcker on Mar 18, 2008

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    34 min
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    20 comments
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2006:

  1. A conversation with Paul Volcker on the U.N. Oil-for-Food program
    A conversation with Paul Volcker on the U.N. Oil-for-Food...

    with Paul Volcker on Oct 16, 2006

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    36 min
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2005:

  1. A conversation about the Oil-for-Food program
    A conversation about the Oil-for-Food program

    with Paul Volcker on Sep 9, 2005

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    22 min
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2004:

  1. A conversation with Paul Volcker about the United Nations' Oil-for-Food program for Iraq
    A conversation with Paul Volcker about the United Nations'...

    with Paul Volcker on Nov 24, 2004

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    35 min
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  2. A conversation with economist Paul Volcker and Joe Treaster
    A conversation with economist Paul Volcker and Joe Treaster

    with Joseph Treaster and Paul Volcker on May 20, 2004

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    19 min
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  3. A conversation about the economy with Paul Volcker and Joseph Treaster
    A conversation about the economy with Paul Volcker and...

    with Joseph Treaster and Paul Volcker on May 14, 2004

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    16 min
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1997:

  1. A conversation about the economy with Paul Volcker
    A conversation about the economy with Paul Volcker

    with Paul Volcker on Jul 31, 1997

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    25 min
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Paul A. Volcker is an American economist, government official, and banker. 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.

In 1999 an official panel he headed that investigated Swiss banks’ handling of the accounts of Holocaust victims issued a report that was critical of the banks but did not recommend any changes in a settlement reached in 1998 (see Holocaust). Volcker became chairman of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation in 2000 and, in the wake of the Enron bankruptcy, headed (2002) an independent oversight board at Arthur Andersen, the accounting firm that was responsible for auditing Enron. He also chaired (2004-5) the UN’s investigation into wrongdoing in the UN oil-for-food program for Iraq. Volcker is the author, with Toyoo Gyohten, of Changing Fortunes: The World’s Money and the Threat to American Leadership (1992).

See biography by J. B. Treaster (2004); study by W. Greider (1988).