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
With the safeguards we have proposed, ... subsidiaries and affiliates are absolutely identical with respect to the ability of a bank to transfer any subsidy that may exist in the bank.
In principal, we would not view a combination between the two companies as a bad thing.
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.
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,
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,
I may have implied that in some sense we have taken intervention off the table. That certainly would not have been a correct implication,
I'm sure that this will prove to be a phenomenon that is very complicated, involving tens or hundreds of genes.
I'd really like to help in any way that I can,
That is a very substantial challenge for Japan,
It is very hard to leave, because I feel deeply committed, ... to this administration, to the people with whom I've worked, to the issues with respect to which so much has been accomplished. But this almost six-and-a-half years has been all consuming, and I think it is time for me to go home to New York and to do whatever I'm going to do next.
The new $20 note will be an important tool against would-be counterfeiters,
It is vitally important for Latin America, the rest of the world and the United States that the international community take all steps sensible to limit the contagion that has come from the Asian financial crisis, and helping Brazil is very important in that respect also, ... What is most important though in this instance ? is the effective implementation of a strong economic program that Brazil has announced.
I've got 11 fly rods and a lot of unread books.
It's very hard to track money in Russia, ... If Russia destabilizes, the cost to the United States is going to be vastly greater.