Paul Volcker is an [[economist]], Chair of the [[Federal Reserve]] under presidents [[Jimmy Carter|Carter]] and [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]. He currently chairs the Economic Recovery Advisory Board for the presidential administration of [[Barack Hussein Obama]] and has been termed Obama's "economy czar". During his time as Federal Reserve chairman, high interest rates resulting in numerous heavily-indebted farmers blockading parts of the [[Treasury Department]] with their tractors. Nonetheless, Volcker is generally regarded as a [[moderate]] in economic matters. | Paul Volcker is an [[economist]], Chair of the [[Federal Reserve]] under presidents [[Jimmy Carter|Carter]] and [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]. He currently chairs the Economic Recovery Advisory Board for the presidential administration of [[Barack Hussein Obama]] and has been termed Obama's "economy czar". During his time as Federal Reserve chairman, high interest rates resulting in numerous heavily-indebted farmers blockading parts of the [[Treasury Department]] with their tractors. Nonetheless, Volcker is generally regarded as a [[moderate]] in economic matters. |