blogs.cfr.org - 11/24/2008
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As Calculated Risk notes, before moving to New York I worked for Mr. Geithner at both the Treasury and the IMF. Mr. Geithner was, by the end of the 1990s, in charge of Treasury’s International Affairs division, so almost everyone who worked there — Tim Duy and Nouriel Roubini to ...
change.gov - 11/24/2008
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change.gov —
Chicago -- President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect
Joe Biden officially announced key members of their economic
team today, naming Timothy Geithner as Secretary of the Treasury and Lawrence Summers as Director of the National Economic ...
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Geithner, Summers among key economic team members ...
money.cnn.com - 11/24/2008
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money.cnn.com —
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- President-elect Barack Obama named
key members of his administration's economic team Monday, including
New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner as his Treasury Secretary nominee and former Harvard President ...
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Obama names his economic dream team - Nov. 24, 2008
portfolio.com - 11/24/2008
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portfolio.com —
On Saturday, the WSJ knew exactly who would
be joining Tim Geithner in Barack Obama's economic team:
Congressional Budget Office director Peter Orszag will be Mr. Obama's budget director. Jacob Lew, a former Clinton budget director, will head ...
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Obama's Real Economic Team
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Setser: "Thrilled" with Geithner Pick for Treasury
Calculated Risk —
Brad Setser at Follow the Money writes: A new economic team [B]efore moving to New York I worked for Mr. Geithner at both the Treasury and the IMF. Mr. Geithner was, by the end of the 1990s, in charge of Treasury’s International Affairs division, so almost everyone who worked there — Tim Duy and Nouriel Roubini to name two — also worked for Mr. Geithner. At the IMF, Mr. Geithner encouraged the IMF to pay more attention to balance sheet vulnerabilities — and helped to push a paper I worked on with a group of talented young IMF economists through the IMF’s internal ...
Thoughts On The Economic Team: Right And Wrong
The Moderate Voice —
Obama has officially unveiled his economic team to generally positive reviews from people I often agree with (e.g. here and here) considering their mainstream nature. Both Summers and Geithner are near the top of the list when it comes to pragmatic capitalists. Summers was very influential in the Clinton Administration; he served as the Secretary of the Treasury and was on the front lines before then. Both men have been actively involved in helping to solve financial crises of the 90s and today. My initial impression is that Obama picked the two best candidates ...
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