Stanley Fischer, while he was vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, in Washington on Sept. 18, 2017. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)

By Brian Murphy

Stanley Fischer, an economist whose work straddled scholarship in global markets and front-line troubleshooting with the International Monetary Fund during financial crises such as Russia’s post-Soviet upheavals, died May 31 at his home in Lexington, Massachusetts. He was 81. Subscribe for unlimited access to The Post You can cancel anytime. Subscribe

The cause was complications related to Alzheimer’s disease, his family said.

As an envoy and theorist, Dr. Fischer had a prominent role in shaping how institutions such as the IMF respond to economic emergencies around the world and what levers governments can use, including currency valuat

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