Paul Volcker, R.I.P. I didn't agree with all his policies or policy ideas, and will write about that when I got the chance. But he was undeniably a very great man 1/ nytimes.com/2019/12/09/bus…
He was also — which is not the same thing — a very GOOD man, a pillar of integrity.
And while gruff, he wasn't at all arrogant. I knew him a bit personally, mainly through the Group of 30; he didn't put on airs, and had a good sense of humor about the world and himself 2/
And while gruff, he wasn't at all arrogant. I knew him a bit personally, mainly through the Group of 30; he didn't put on airs, and had a good sense of humor about the world and himself 2/
Two anecdotes: a couple of years into the financial crisis, he joked over dinner that he was thinking, "Oh, to be 80 again!"
And when I once told him that he personally demonstrated the truth of too big to fail, he took it in good humor 3/
And when I once told him that he personally demonstrated the truth of too big to fail, he took it in good humor 3/
Again, I'll address policy in a day or two. But definitely a great and admirable man, who will be sorely missed 4/
