Paul Volcker (eBook)

The Making of a Financial Legend

Joseph B. Treaster (Autor)

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2004 | 1. Auflage
256 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-471-67509-9 (ISBN)

Infos

As the Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 1982, Paul Volcker established himself as one of the most influential economic thinkers. Currently a major advocate for corporate governance and accounting reforms, Volcker's reputation as a great business leader with uncompromising ethics continues to this day. Written by award-winning New York Times journalist Joseph Treaster, Paul Volcker: The Making of a Financial Legend takes readers through the most compelling moments of this legend's life in private and public service. From his early days as a young Treasury Department official through his appointments to the New York Federal Reserve Bank, the Federal Reserve, and James D. Wolfensohn, Inc., this inspiring book captures the significant moments in Volcker life and explores the ethical, economic, and moral dilemmas he faced at every turn.

Autor

JOSEPH B. TREASTER has been a reporter for the New York Times for more than thirty years. He has received numerous journalism awards for his work domestically and internationally, including three from the Overseas Press Club of America for his work in Africa and Latin America.

Inhalt

Foreword.

Chapter 1. A Finance Legend.

Chapter 2. Seventy-Six.

Chapter 3. The Power of the Fed.

Chapter 4. Chairman.

Chapter 5. Youth.

Chapter 6. School Days.

Chapter 7. Hardship.

Chapter 8. Difficult Choices.

Chapter 9. The Fallout.

Chapter 10. Fly-Fishing.

Epilogue.

Bibliography.

Notes.

Acknowledgments.

Index.

Rezensionen

"This new biography of Paul Volcker.... Adds colour and
personality to a figure who often came across to the general public
as a 'cold and arrogant numbers cruncher.'"
(CFO Europe, July 2004)

It may be hard to remember that the chairman of the Federal
Reserve Board can be reviled as well as revered. But witness the
tenure of Paul Volcker, Alan Greenspan's predecessor, whose tough
economic policies halted the runaway inflation that staggered the
American economy in the late 1970's and early 80's. Even so,
Volcker's engineering of ever higher interest rates cost millions
of Americans their jobs. (Embittered Democrats would include
President Jimmy Carter among the victims.) In ''Paul Volcker: The
Making of a Financial Legend,'' Joseph B. Treaster, a financial
reporter for The New York Times, has written something of a mash
note to the retired Fed chairman, a slim biography that lauds
Volcker's steadfastness in applying the economic shock therapy that
laid the groundwork for the boom years in the 1990's. Treaster
offers little in the way of new policy history; William Greider's
''Secrets of the Temple'' (1988) provides a much more comprehensive
and skeptical account of Volcker's tenure at the Fed. Where
Treaster does break ground is in his personal portrait. Volcker
could appear insensitive in public, but Treaster enters into his
family life as well; particularly touching is Volcker's
relationship with his son, who has cerebral palsy.Treaster's
depiction of Volcker's honesty and resilience highlights some
attributes that American policy makers should keep in mind as the
Greenspan era draws to a close. ALEXANDRA STARR (New York Times
Book Review, May 23, 2004)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.8.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
• Schlagworte: Finance & Investments • Finanzmarkt • Finanz- u. Anlagewesen
• ISBN-10: 0-471-67509-1 / 0471675091
• ISBN-13: 978-0-471-67509-9 / 9780471675099