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    Barack Obama has pledged to create employment on a mass scale
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    Paul Volcker will chair the Economic Recovery Advisory Board
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  • Paul Volcker will chair the Economic Recovery Advisory Board
    Paul Volcker will chair the Economic Recovery Advisory Board
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Paul Volcker's Biography

Paul Adolph Volcker (born September 5, 1927) is an American economist. He was the Chairman of the Federal Reserve under United States Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan (from August 1979 to August 1987). He is currently chairman of the newly formed Economic Recovery Advisory Board under President Barack Obama.

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  • Congress Wants Tighter Oversight of Fed
    News Source: Asian Wall Street Journal | 1 day ago
    The Federal Reserve's strategy to fend off a barrage of attacks from Congress, largely centered on low-key diplomacy by Chairman Ben Bernanke, isn't succeeding. Many Democrats and Republicans praise Mr. Bernanke for candor and accessibility. But some
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    News Source: Miami Herald | 8 days ago
    Senate Democrats gave President Barack Obama a warm welcome on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, even as they prepared to cut as much as $180 billion from his proposed $3.55 trillion fiscal 2010 budget. Democrats downplayed the adjustments and said that
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  • Paul Volcker – Article and Interview « Mostly Economics
    Blog Source: mostlyeconomics.wordpress.com | 7 days ago
    NYT has a nice article on Paul Volcker. In the end he says: He operates from his own offices in New York, communicating with administration officials and other members of the advisory board mainly by telephone. (He does not use e-mail, ...
  • Blog For Arizona: 10 years after the repeal of the Glass-...
    Blog Source: arizona.typepad.com | 7 days ago
    As Josh notes, the Obama administration's point man is not Paul Volcker (probably the smartest guy in the room), but Goldman Sachs alumni Larry Summers, Timothy Geithner, and many others. Time to make a team change, Mr. President. ...
  • Did Jamie Dimon stop the re-enactment of Glass-Steagall ...
    Blog Source: moderateinthemiddle.wordpress.com | 7 days ago
    Paul Volcker who gets wheeled out for the occasional photo-op is clearly being ignored, treated like the 'crazy Uncle as Charlie Gasparino puts it. Obama is listening to only one banker it seems, Jamie who has vested interests in ...
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