Word: rubiner
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...Introduced by HBS Dean Jay O. Light as “a leader who I think knows a little bit about being in times of uncertainty,” Rubin spoke about his recent appointment as Citigroup's chairman of the board after the sudden departure of former CEO Charles O. Prince III. The company reported several billion dollars worth of write-downs as a result of the summer’s credit crisis...
...Rubin, who served as co-chairman of Goldman Sachs before joining President Bill Clinton’s cabinet, praised current Federal Reserve Chairman Benjamin S. Bernanke ’75 in today’s speech. Rubin echoed Bernanke, who has spoken about the U.S. economy’s slowdown...
...Federal Reserve has acted wisely and soundly in response to conditions in front of them,” Rubin said...
...Rubin said the U.S. has lost its dominance both economically and geopolitically and must adjust itself to “the greatest change in economic conditions since the U.S. emerged and maybe even the industrial revolution...
...Listing a host of “politically difficult” problems, including financial deficits, a “zero” personal savings rate, and the current account deficit, Rubin bemoaned the partisan divide that he said has diminished the effectiveness of the U.S. political system. Rubin left the public sector after six-and-a-half years, succeeded as Treasury secretary by his protege and former Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers...