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
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,
This isn't a question of rewarding China, ... A strong WTO agreement is very good for the United States.
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.
The fundamentals of the United States economy are strong due in part to the sound policies we've been following. The prospects for growth, low unemployment, low inflation continue to be strong.
I believe that support for Al Gore and Joe Lieberman is support for sound economic policy and a strong economy for years ahead, ... I worked with Al Gore for six-and-a-half years ... and I was there when doing what was best also was politically hard.
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,
the financial architecture of the 21 st century, an architecture that is as modern as the markets.
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,
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,