What's the subject of life - to get rich? All of those fellows out there getting rich could be dancing around the real subject of life.

Quote by Paul A Volcker

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You could not buy a house in those days without just assuming that the house...

You could not buy a house in those days without just assuming that the house...

When people begin anticipating inflation, it doesn't do you any good anymore, because any benefit...

When people begin anticipating inflation, it doesn't do you any good anymore, because any benefit...

What's the subject of life - to get rich? All of those fellows out there...

What's the subject of life - to get rich? All of those fellows out there...

Double-digit inflation is a terrible thing - and it got up to 14 or 15...

Double-digit inflation is a terrible thing - and it got up to 14 or 15...

It was the biggest inflation and the most sustained inflation that the United States had...

It was the biggest inflation and the most sustained inflation that the United States had...

Well, by the standards of a lot of countries, by Latin American standards, it wasn't...

Well, by the standards of a lot of countries, by Latin American standards, it wasn't...

Less emphasis on inventories, I think, may tend to dampen business cycles, because business cycles...

Less emphasis on inventories, I think, may tend to dampen business cycles, because business cycles...

The speed of communication, the speed of information transfer, the cheapness of communication, the ease...

The speed of communication, the speed of information transfer, the cheapness of communication, the ease...

I am suspicious of the idea of a new paradigm, to use that word, an...

I am suspicious of the idea of a new paradigm, to use that word, an...

By the time I became chairman and there was more of a feeling of urgency,...

By the time I became chairman and there was more of a feeling of urgency,...

The US is about to go all Billy the Kid. Inflation is going to keep...

The US is about to go all Billy the Kid. Inflation is going to keep...

The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation...

The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation...

Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get...

Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get...

Inflation is the crabgrass in your savings.

Inflation is the crabgrass in your savings.

Production is the only answer to inflation.

Production is the only answer to inflation.

Inflation hasn't ruined everything. A dime can still be used as a screwdriver.

Inflation hasn't ruined everything. A dime can still be used as a screwdriver.

Inflation outstripped real wages for people who work for pay from others.

Inflation outstripped real wages for people who work for pay from others.

Inflation is like sin; every government denounces it and every government practices it.

Inflation is like sin; every government denounces it and every government practices it.

We will never try to develop a strategy that wins on price. There is nothing...

We will never try to develop a strategy that wins on price. There is nothing...

I continue to believe that the American people have a love-hate relationship with inflation. They...

I continue to believe that the American people have a love-hate relationship with inflation. They...