Paul A. Volcker Lifetime Achievement Award for Economic Policy

The Paul A. Volcker Lifetime Achievement Award for Economic Policy was established in 2013 to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of economic and monetary policy. The award is presented annually at the NABE Economic Policy Conference in Washington, DC.

Recipients of the Volcker Award

2024   Mario Draghi     "Economic Policy in a Changing World"
           
2023   Janet Yellen     "Financial Stability"
           
2022   Mark Carney     "Climate Policy Is Macro Policy"
           
2021   Award not given      
           
2020   Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., CBE     "A Conversation with Roger Ferguson" 
           
2019   Alan Greenspan     "Forces Engendering the Long-Term Economic Outlook"
           
2018   Lord Mervyn Allister King           "Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis"
           
2017   Joseph E. Stiglitz      "The Overselling of Globalization: Truth and Consequences"
           
2016   Stanley Fischer      "Reflections on Monetary Policy"
           
2015          Alice Rivlin                              "Thoughts on Monetary and Fiscal Policy in a Post-Inflation Era"
           
2014   Jean-Claude Trichet      "Remarks and Reflections on European Monetary Policy"
           
2013   Paul A. Volcker      "Lessons from the Financial Collapse--Learned or Forgotten?