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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Volcker has received more than 2,156,252 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Paul Volcker is the 194th most popular economist (down from 193rd in 2019), the 3,051st most popular biography from United States (up from 3,451st in 2019) and the 63rd most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Paul Volcker ranks 194 out of 315. Before him are Lujo Brentano, Paul Romer, Henry George, Chester Barnard, John A. Hobson, and Roger Myerson. After him are Raúl Prebisch, Alvin E. Roth, Adam Müller, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Alvin Hansen, and Dennis Meadows.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Paul Volcker ranks 133. Before him are Coretta Scott King, Bernard Vukas, Vladimir Ilyushin, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Al Martino, and Patti Page. After him are Gae Aulenti, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Neil Simon, Yutaka Taniyama, Vittorio Gregotti, and Stanisław Kania. Among people deceased in 2019, Paul Volcker ranks 135. Before him are John Havlicek, France-Albert René, Jan Stráský, Peter Schreier, Keith Flint, and Waldo Machado. After him are Jean-Pierre Marielle, Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Jean Starobinski, Václav Vorlíček, William Levada, and Édith Scob.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Volcker ranks 3,051 out of 18,182. Before him are Clark Gregg (1962), Randy Quaid (1950), Halsey (1994), Gina Gershon (1962), Anne Ramsey (1929), and Bob Pettit (1932). After him are Archie Moore (1916), Matthew Modine (1959), Al Di Meola (1954), Dinah Washington (1924), Lee Morgan (1938), and Jim Garrison (1921).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Paul Volcker ranks 63. Before him are Hyman Minsky (1919), Daniel Ellsberg (1931), Paul Romer (1955), Henry George (1839), Chester Barnard (1886), and Roger Myerson (1951). After him are Alvin E. Roth (1951), Alvin Hansen (1887), Dennis Meadows (1942), Lars Peter Hansen (1952), Mancur Olson (1932), and Jeffrey Sachs (1954).

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