Robert Rubin
Robert Rubin
Robert Edward Rubinis an American lawyer, former cabinet member, and retired banking executive. He served as the 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury during the Clinton administration. Before his government service, he spent 26 years at Goldman Sachs, eventually serving as a member of the board and co-chairman from 1990 to 1992; Rubin oversaw the loosening of financial industry underwriting guidelines which had been intact since the 1930s. His most prominent post-government role was as director and senior counselor...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 August 1938
CityNew York City, NY
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It is probably not a bad thing for somebody doing data entry, for instance, where the boredom and monotony of it takes a toll on performance.
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The international community has a strong program. ? I think the key, however, is that the program is only as effective as the implementation. And I think that we have been in a very aggressive mode over the course of the last year, and I think that what we need to do is remain in even more aggressive mode as we go forward, so each of us does our part,
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I had three criteria: I didn't want to be a CEO, I wanted to be involved with an institution I was proud of, and I wanted to be involved in an institution that was important to me,
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Larry and I have been true partners through this whole period, and it's been a wonderful, wonderful partnership,
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I don't think we should rule out a change in the CPI if, based on technical analysis, there's a broad-based agreement that the CPI can be changed in such a way as to better and more accurately reflect inflation, ... Meet the Press.
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I think there is more work to do, and we simply have to all work together and do everything we can to get it done,
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As you look around the globe, it seems to me that a lot of the countries hurt by the Asian financial crises have made tremendous progress. On the other hand, in all of those countries there's a lot to do.
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I'm saying that we have significant concerns about significant portions ? of this, ... We need to work with Congress to work our way through that.
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This may be the most dramatic, most complicated and most significant economic transformation in modern history.
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His (Clinton's) view -- and it has been his view since the beginning of this administration -- is to respect totally the independence of the Fed,
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There clearly was a very intense focus on the issue with respect to the current crisis and a deep sense of commitment to do everything sensible to deal with it,
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The president's budget carries forward the economic strategy that has been so central to the strong economic conditions of the past five years, ... This budget preserves the surpluses until we strengthen Social Security, invests in areas that are critical to future productivity and the future of our country, provides for programs that protect and promote our critical economic and national security interests in the global economy, and of absolutely critical importance, this budget keeps us on the path of fiscal discipline that is so central to our economic well being.
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We had two objectives from the very beginning: No. 1, to get a strong WTO accession agreement that's good for the United States, and No. 2, to handle it in such a way as to have the highest probability of success in Congress,
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We all shared a belief in market-based economics ù though we had somewhat different views as to the appropriate role of government in our society ù and felt that what happened abroad could greatly affect our own economic well being,