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
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,
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.
Unfortunately, Russia hasn't adopted the reforms it needs, but we need to work with them to see they adopt the reforms,
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 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,
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.
The important thing is for countries to stay on a sensible economic path as the world works through a very difficult time. What Japan does is very important to the rest of the world,
The overarching point of the president's economic strategy going forward in the 1999 budget is clear: under no circumstances should we take any steps that will undo the fiscal discipline that we have worked so hard to achieve and has been so central to our strong economy of the last five years.
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,
Larry and I have been true partners through this whole period, and it's been a wonderful, wonderful partnership,
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.