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Ex-Fed chairman Paul Volcker calls the U.S. government “creaky and contentious”

By Mariya Pylayev Economist and former Federal Reserve chairman Paul A. Volcker spoke about the dangers of excessive spending and the necessity to revamp America’s political system at The Cooper Union in Manhattan on Wednesday, March 21. He delivered the 11th Annual Benjamin Menschel Distinguished Lecture at The Cooper Union. But attendees were disappointed if