It was the biggest inflation and the most sustained inflation that the United States had ever had. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes big inflation state
Double-digit inflation is a terrible thing - and it got up to 14 or 15 percent on a monthly basis for a while, shortly after I became chairman of the Fed. Paul A. Volcker basischairmandigit Change image and share on social
You could not buy a house in those days without just assuming that the house was not only a place to live, but it was a good investment, because it was going to keep up with inflation or get ahead of inflation, and it was just - that was America. Paul A. Volcker aheadamericaassume share on social
The speed of communication, the speed of information transfer, the cheapness of communication, the ease of moving things around the world are a difference in kind as well as degree. Paul A. Volcker cheapnesscommunicationdegree Change image and share on social
I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones. Jonathan Tropper 80sactionbad Change image and share on social
Women ought to be fully guarded by law in all rights of property, labor, profession, etc.; but, roughly stated, the voting population ought to represent the fighting population. John Boyle O'Reilly fightfullyguard Change image and share on social
I think the Fed is not designed to have effective tools to deal with the economy. It should settle for just controlling the money supply. And - if it insists, it can worry about inflation. Jeremy Grantham controldealdesign Change image and share on social