William L. Silber
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“Volcker relied on public opinion, integrity, and persistence to overcome the political pressure to finance government spending the easy way, by printing money rather than by taxation.”
― Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence
― Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence
“Newspapers need provocative headlines to entice readers, but they were right to feature the U.S. devaluation. It was the second time in fourteen months that the dollar had been devalued after remaining stable at thirty-five dollars since 1934.”
― Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence
― Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence
“Failure to prevent the Great Depression during the 1930s was the Fed’s greatest blunder until the runaway inflation of the 1970s.”
― Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence
― Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence
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