Book · 2018 · Monetary policy
Keeping at it
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And uh you want to read a good book? Paul Vulker is keeping at it. great uh book about has uh Reagan going to him and trying to get him to cut rates.
Jason Calacanis · All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · Jun 2025 Listen at 1:11:33 The best things said about it
I just finished reading paul volcker's book about sort of the late 70s and early 80s and like it was just really eye-opening to me the amount of pain uh that they went through during that period it's funny like if you look at san francisco it's it's very which one is that changing fortune it's called um uh keeping.
Why people recommend it
Keeping at it by Paul A. Volcker details the former Federal Reserve chairman's experiences navigating turbulent economic waters, including historical tensions between the White House and the central bank. On an episode of All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg, Jason Calacanis strongly recommended the book to listeners interested in understanding macroeconomic policy, pointing specifically to episodes where President Reagan attempted to pressure Volcker into cutting interest rates. Zach Coelius also discussed the book on This Week in Startups, explaining that he had just finished reading the text about the late 1970s and early 1980s economic environment. Coelius described the reading experience as profoundly eye-opening regarding the immense economic pain and difficult structural adjustments required during that era. He brought up Volcker's memoir while evaluating contemporary financial anxieties and drawing parallels between past fiscal interventions, urban economic shifts, and the broader historical patterns of market cycles and inflation control.
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Jason Calacanis And uh you want to read a good book? Paul Vulker is keeping at it. great uh book about has uh Reagan going… 1
“And uh you want to read a good book? Paul Vulker is keeping at it. great uh book about has uh Reagan going to him and trying to get him to cut rates.”
Zach Coelius i just finished reading paul volcker's book about sort of the late 70s and early 80s and like it was just r… 1
“i just finished reading paul volcker's book about sort of the late 70s and early 80s and like it was just really eye-opening to me the amount of pain uh that they went through during that period it's funny like if you look at san francisco it's it's very which one is that changing fortune it's called um uh keeping”
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“I read volker's biography uh it's keeping at it or something is incredible”