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Paul Volcker

1927 - 2019

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Paul Adolph Volcker Jr. (September 5, 1927 – December 8, 2019) was an American economist who served as the 12th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 1987. During his tenure as chairman, Volcker was widely credited with having ended the high levels of inflation seen in the United States throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, with measures known as the Volcker shock. He previously served as the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 1975 to 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Volcker is the 233rd most popular economist (down from 207th in 2019), the 4,594th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,357th in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Paul Volcker ranks 233 out of 414. Before him are Jon Elster, Paul Romer, Peter Senge, Hyman Minsky, Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury, and Thomas Sowell. After him are Douglas Diamond, Colin Clark, Olivier Blanchard, Chester Barnard, Arthur Melvin Okun, and Johann Karl Rodbertus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Paul Volcker ranks 202. Before him are Bernard Fox, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Josy Barthel, Mirtha Legrand, Henning Carlsen, and Cecil Bødker. After him are Marianne Fredriksson, Josep Maria Subirachs, Hans Bauer, Tom Bosley, Alma Adamkienė, and László Paskai. Among people deceased in 2019, Paul Volcker ranks 204. Before him are José Antonio Reyes, Stefano Delle Chiaie, Lê Đức Anh, Seymour Cassel, Gyoji Matsumoto, and Michel Aumont. After him are José José, Girish Karnad, Egil Danielsen, Syd Mead, Ilaria Occhini, and Ric Ocasek.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Volcker ranks 4,594 out of 20,380. Before him are Desireé Cousteau (1956), Sandra Day O'Connor (1930), Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824), Roy Chapman Andrews (1884), Howard Da Silva (1909), and Jeremiah P. Ostriker (1937). After him are Dean Smith (1932), Charles Evans Hughes (1862), Andre Norton (1912), Robert Penn Warren (1905), Minnie Riperton (1947), and Joey Jordison (1975).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Paul Volcker ranks 79. Before him are Henry Hazlitt (1894), William Baumol (1922), Paul Romer (1955), Peter Senge (1947), Hyman Minsky (1919), and Thomas Sowell (1930). After him are Douglas Diamond (1953), Chester Barnard (1886), Arthur Melvin Okun (1928), Ellen Swallow Richards (1842), Dennis Meadows (1942), and Edward Chamberlin (1899).

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