Selected News Media

1. "A Tech Bust Gave Way to a Broader Rally. What Comes Next Could Be
   Ugly," Barron's Magazine, February 6, 2026.
2. "Silver's history points to why it is back in record territory," Financial Times (online), October 21, 2025
3. "The Agenda Behind the BLS Head’s Firing" Wall Street Journal, August
   11, 2025
4. "Don't Rule Out a Rate Hike," Wall Street Journal, July 28, 2025
5. "PS Say More," Project Syndicate, May 23, 2025
6. "Trump and the Risk of a US Debt Default" Project Syndicate, April 23, 2024
7. "Inflation Is Down, but It Wasn’t ‘Transitory,’" Wall Street Journal, January 19, 2024"
8. "The Fed Thinks Its Job Will Be Done at 2% Inflation. Its Policies Promised Even Lower," with Thomas Sargent, Barron's MarketWatch, September 1, 2023.
9. "Strong Fed Chairman Confront Spending," with Thomas Sargent. Wall Street Journal, June 20, 2023
10. "How SVB 'Profited' from Interest Rate Risk," Wall Street Journal, March 17, 2023
11. "What Jerome Powell Can Learn from Arthur Burns," with Thomas Sargent, Wall Street Journal, August 29, 2022
12. "Lessons From the ’80s, When Volcker Reigned and Rates Were High," New York Times, August 7, 2022
13. "Volcker, Powell and the Price of Amnesia," with Thomas Sargent, Wall Street Journal, June 23, 2022
14. "Who's Buying Russian Stocks?" New York Times, Page B3, March 28, 2022
15. "Inflation, Deficits, and Paul Volcker," with Thomas Sargent, Wall Street Journal, March 4, 2022
16. "The Market is Too Serene about Inflation," with Thomas Sargent, Wall Street Journal, January 12, 2022
17. "Employers Are Hiring. Why Are So Many Workers Holding Back?" Bloomberg, November 21, 2021
18. "Award-winning economist: How to harness 'the Hail Mary effect' to find success in your career," CNBC, August 30, 2021
19. "The Danger of 'Nothing to Lose'" Project Syndicate, August 26, 2021
20. "Five Best on Underdogs," Wall Street Journal, August 14, 2021
21. "Lottery changes will test Americans’ new financial resolve," Seattle Times, August 14, 2021
22. "Silver Billionaire Welcomes Frenzy," Wall Street Journal, February 8, 2021.
23. "Can Fed’s Powell Manage To Run Subways of NYC?" The New York Sun, August 20, 2020
24. "The FOMO stock market," Washington Post, July 13, 2020
25. "How a Black Swan Caught New York Flatfooted in 1914," New York Sun, April 28, 2020.
26. "The strongest reason to mourn Volcker: He was willing to be unpopular," Washington Post, December 10, 2019
27. "As Fed Chairman, Paul Volcker Made Everyone Mad," MarketWatch, December 9, 2019
28. "A Remembrance: The Pragmatism of Paul Volcker," Wall Street Journal, December 9, 2019
29. "Best Books of 2019: History," Financial Times, November 22, 2019
30. “Silver, Not Gold, is the Portfolio Insurance to Buy Now,” MarketWatch, March 9, 2019
31. “America First, Fallout Later,” Project Syndicate, February 22, 2019
32. "Book Reviews on The Story of Silver," 2019
33. “Too big to Fail Started in New York in 1914,” Wall Street Journal, June 1, 2018.
34. “Bridging the Gap: Professor of the Year William Silber talks connecting theory with practice in finance,” Opportunity, April 18, 2018
35. “What are Risk Adjusted Returns?” Wall Street Journal, July 7, 2015
36. “You Call This a Crisis?” Barron’s, August 23, 2013
37. The Fed Needs a Spine,” August 13, 2012,
38. “The Challenges of the Fed’s Bid for Transparency,” Financial Times, March 21 2012
39. "Book Reviews on Volcker:The Triumph of Persistence," 2012
40. “Short Term Problem of Volcker Rule,” Wall Street Journal, February 21, 2012
41. “Inspiration Isn’t a Pep Talk,” HuffPost, January 3, 2012
42. “Time to Turn Poachers into Gamekeepers,” Financial Times, December 7, 2010
43. "The Chairman's Office," Time Magazine, January 4, 2010
44. "Fear Trumps Greed as Wall Street Worries Paralyze World Economy," Bloomberg, October 8, 2008
45. "Life After Stern,” Opportunity, May 12, 2008
46. “Bear Stearns Rescue is Finger in the Dike,” Bloomberg, March 16, 2008
47. “FDR’s Safety Net Gets a Big Stretch,” New York Times, March 15, 2008
48. "Book Reviews on When Washington Shut Down Wall Street," 2007
49. “A Premature Celebration?” New York Sun, October 26, 2007
50. “Will the Dollar Lose its Crown to the Euro?” Japan Times, July 5, 2007
51. “Dollar Still Almighty for Now,” New York Times, February 2. 2007
52. “Chrysler Investors Deserve More Money, Experts Say,” New York Times, December 9, 2003
53. “America Must Tame Inflation Before It Roars,” Financial Times, February 20, 2003
54. “Blind Faith in the Fed,” New York Times, January 1, 1997
55. “A Big Bank Is Not An End In Itself,” New York Times, August 31, 1995
56. “Intervention To Punish Speculators Can Make Profits Instead,” Dow Jones, April 10, 1995
57. "Computers Magnify A Bit of Human Error," Newsday, March 27, 1992
58. "Women Traders Make Headway on the Futures Floor," Wall Street Journal, September 3, 1991
59. "At NYU a Crash Course," New York Times, November 1, 1987
60. "Computers are kicking up a furor as they transform the way the financial world bets its money," New York Times, October 19, 1986
61. "What's with the Casino Society," Forbes, September 22, 1986
62. "Some Advice: Follow It at Your Own Risk," Newsday, May 4, 1986
63. "Professors in the Pits," Newsweek January 20, 1986
64. “Academics Turn to Wall Street,” New York Times, April 15, 1984
65. “From the Ivory Tower to the Trading Pit,” Wall Street Journal, February 11, 1983
66. "Blameless Banking," Wall Street Journal, February 17, 1982
67. "A Future for the CFTC," Wall Street Journal" December 28, 1981
68. "Rates of Interest," New York Times, May, 31, 1980
69. "Experts Weigh Dollar Move," Boston Globe, January 6, 1978
70. “Reforming Federal Housing,” Wall Street Journal, November 20, 1972
71. "Money: What the Argument's About," Business Week, March 14, 1970