

Volcker's 6-foot-7-inch stature and his historic public service impact. “Paul Volcker was a giant in many ways,” said Buffett with a chuckle, referring both to Mr.

The Wall Street Journal described the memoir as "part autobiography, part monetary history, part plea for the restoration of trust in American political institutions." Volcker's narrative details the crises he managed alongside the world’s leading politicians, bankers, and financiers and makes the case for his “three verities” of stable prices, sound finance, and good government. Volcker published his memoir in 2018, at the age of 91. “I think you’ll enjoy reading that book.”Ĭo-authored by Christine Harper, editor of Bloomberg Markets, Keeping At It provides a timeline of Mr. “Not much before died, he wrote a book called Keeping At It,” Buffett said. During an annual shareholders meeting on May 2, 2020, legendary investor Warren Buffett recommended two must-read books for investors and non-investors alike: The Great Crash by John Kenneth Galbraith and Keeping At It: The Quest for Sound Money and Good Government by Paul Volcker.
