Personalitati si organizatii : PAUL VOLCKER

   Paul Volcker

Impreuna cu Alan Greenspan. Foto: http://blog.lib.umn.edu/arras004/socialetymologies/Greenspan%20aand%20Volcker.jpg

   Paul Adolph Volcker ( 1927 – ), Chairman of the Federal Reserve, sub Jimmy Carter si Ronald Reagan. Consilier economic al lui Barack Obama in timpul campaniei electorale, numit apoi de noul presedinte in fruntea Economic Recovery Advisory Board.

   De asemenea a mai fost director of financial al U.S. Treasury Department, unde a jucat un rol determinant pentru decizia de suspendare a gold convertibility in 1971. Vice president si director of planning la Chase Manhattan Bank. (Rockefeller). Chairman al bancii de investitii  J. Rothschild, Wolfensohn & Co. (James D. Wolfensohn va deveni mai tarziu presedinte al World Bank)

   Chairman of the Board of Trustees al Group of Thirty. L-a ajutat pe David Rockefeller in crearea in 1973 a Trilateral Commission. O lunga asociere cu Rockefeller family, fiind inclusiv membership of the Trust Committee al Rockefeller Group, Inc. .

   Membru COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS ( CFR ). Membru Bohemian Grove. Participant intruniri Bilderberg Group.

   Paul Volcker a afirmat in februarie 2009 ca economia globala s-ar putea deterioara chiar mai rapid decat in cazul Marii Depresiuni din anii ’30, remarcand ca productia industriala la nivel mondial se afla intr-o scadere mai accelerata decat in SUA, care are oricum probleme grave.
   „Nu tin minte nici o perioada, poate nici macar in timpul Marii Depresii, in care economia scade intr-un ritm atat de alert si atat de uniform in lume„, a declarat acesta.