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 only role we can play is to continue to very actively work to persuade the Japanese government to face these very difficult issues they have to deal with,
have an enormous stake ... in the success of Hong Kong.
I'm sure that this will prove to be a phenomenon that is very complicated, involving tens or hundreds of genes.
the financial architecture of the 21 st century, an architecture that is as modern as the markets.
It is important to remember that the fundamentals of the United States economy are strong and have been for the past several years, and the prospects for continued growth, with low inflation and low unemployment, are strong,
I believe that, on balance, the (institutions) have made sensible judgments, ... and have adjusted their judgments when appropriate.
I've got 11 fly rods and a lot of unread books.
You've got a lot of proposals that have been advocated by a lot of people,
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.
The floating exchange rate system is the worst possible system, except for all the others,
I think -- virtual universal agreement -- is that the CPI does not accurately reflect inflation,
The longer we don't face them, the harder they get,
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,
We all shared a belief in market-based economics though we had somewhat different views as to the appropriate role of government in our society and felt that what happened abroad could greatly affect our own economic well being,