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
the financial architecture of the 21 st century, an architecture that is as modern as the markets.
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.
I think -- virtual universal agreement -- is that the CPI does not accurately reflect inflation,
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,
Larry and I have been true partners through this whole period, and it's been a wonderful, wonderful partnership,
Our initial reaction is that we are intrigued by how this merger is going to be positioned and structured; in principle we think it could work as the deal is not simply two companies combining for a lack of something else to do.
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,
It is critically important, not just for Japan, but for the rest of the region and the rest of the world, that that take place.
The answer to that is no, ... I think the strong dollar policy has served us exceedingly well over the past several years and still does.
It focuses predominately on middle income tax cuts for education, and for child care and for savings, ... This Week.
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.
We believe that any bank seeking to conduct new financial activities should be required to achieve and maintain a satisfactory CRA record, ... The draft bill fails to include this requirement.
We are working hard to reform the IRS, and it would be counterproductive at best, and very harmful at worst, if these hearings undermined morale and damaged our efforts,
Unfortunately, Russia hasn't adopted the reforms it needs, but we need to work with them to see they adopt the reforms,