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The Yellow Pad
Robert Rubin, former secretary of the Treasury and co-chairman of Goldman Sachs, shares thoughts on decision-making developed over more than six decades in markets, business, government, and politics, and offers readers an astute and original guide for navigating uncertain times In 1958, as a college sophomore, Robert Rubin took a class that changed his life. The class was introduction to philosophy, and the professor, Raphael Demos, instilled in his students an idea that was simple yet profound: There is no such thing as certainty. For Rubin, this led to a critically important question: How can we make sound decisions in a fundamentally uncertain world? While serving in some of the most sig...
In an Uncertain World
(NOT FOR SALE IN US OR CANADA) In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington opens in 1995 as Robert Rubin is sworn in as the 70th Treasury Secretary of the United States, and only moments later enters into one of the biggest challenges of his time in the Cabinet: the Mexican peso crisis. Immediately, we are plunged into the thick of things along with him, given never-before-revealed insider's insight on some of the most important events in recent history. Moving on from the Mexican crises, Rubin covers his 26 years at Goldman Sachs; his instrumental role in creating NAFTA; his term as Treasury Secretary, where he was one of the principal architects of the President Clinton's balanced-budget agreement, and prevented the financial crises in Asia and Russia from contaminating the global economy, among many other things. Indeed, Rubin takes us through the whole of his life and career, from his New York City public-school days through to his current position as a Director of Citigroup, one of the largest financial institutions in the world.
In an Uncertain World
Robert Rubin was sworn in as the seventieth U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in January 1995 in a brisk ceremony attended only by his wife and a few colleagues. As soon as the ceremony was over, he began an emergency meeting with President Bill Clinton on the financial crisis in Mexico. This was not only a harbinger of things to come during what would prove to be a rocky period in the global economy; it also captured the essence of Rubin himself--short on formality, quick to get into the nitty-gritty. From his early years in the storied arbitrage department at Goldman Sachs to his current position as chairman of the executive committee of Citigroup, Robert Rubin has been a major figure at the ...
In an Uncertain World
(NOT FOR SALE IN US OR CANADA) In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington opens in 1995 as Robert Rubin is sworn in as the 70th Treasury Secretary of the United States, and only moments later enters into one of the biggest challenges of his time in the Cabinet: the Mexican peso crisis. Immediately, we are plunged into the thick of things along with him, given never-before-revealed insider's insight on some of the most important events in recent history. Moving on from the Mexican crises, Rubin covers his 26 years at Goldman Sachs; his instrumental role in creating NAFTA; his term as Treasury Secretary, where he was one of the principal architects of the President Clinton's balanced-budget agreement, and prevented the financial crises in Asia and Russia from contaminating the global economy, among many other things. Indeed, Rubin takes us through the whole of his life and career, from his New York City public-school days through to his current position as a Director of Citigroup, one of the largest financial institutions in the world.
Evolution or Revolution?
Leading economists discuss post–financial crisis policy dilemmas, including the dangers of complacency in a period of relative stability. The Great Depression led to the Keynesian revolution and dramatic shifts in macroeconomic theory and macroeconomic policy. Similarly, the stagflation of the 1970s led to the adoption of the natural rate hypothesis and to a major reassessment of the role of macroeconomic policy. Should the financial crisis and the Great Recession lead to yet another major reassessment, to another intellectual revolution? Will it? If so, what form should it, or will it, take? These are the questions taken up in this book, in a series of contributions by policymakers and ac...
American Finance for the 21st Century
As recently as thirty years ago, Americans lived in a financial world that today seems distant. Investment and borrowing choices were meager: virtually all transactions were conducted in cash or by check. The financial services industry was heavily regulated, as an outgrowth of the Depression, while an elaborate safety net was constructed to prevent a repeat of that dismal episode in American history. Today, consumers and businesses have a dizzying array of choices about where to invest and borrow. Plastic credit cards and electronic transfers increasingly are replacing cash and checks. Much regulation has been dismantled, although the industry remains fragmented by rules that continue to se...
Capital Offense
Why every president from Reagan through Obama has put Wall Street before Main Street Over the last few decades, Washington’s firmly held belief that if you make investors happy, a booming economy will follow has caused an economic crisis in Asia, hardship in Latin America, and now a severe recession in America and Europe. How did the best and brightest of our time allow this to happen? Why have these disasters done nothing to change the free-market mantra of the Washington faithful? The answer has nothing to do with lobbyists and everything to do with ideology. In Capital Offense, veteran Newsweek reporter Michael Hirsh gives us a colorful narrative history of the era he calls the Age of C...
Richard Prince
Ilse Zhalina is the daughter of one of Melnek’s more prominent merchants. She has lived most of her life surrounded by the trappings of wealth and privilege. Many would consider hers a happy lot. But there are dark secrets, especially in the best of families. Ilse has learned that for a young woman of her beauty and social station, to be passive and silent is the best way to survive. When Ilse finally meets the older man she is to marry, she realizes he is far crueler and more deadly than her father could ever be. Ilse chooses to run. This choice will change her life forever. And it will lead her to Raul Kosenmark, master of one of the land’s most notorious pleasure houses…and who is, as Ilse discovers, a puppetmaster of a different sort altogether. Ilse discovers a world where every pleasure has a price and there are levels of magic and intrigue she once thought unimaginable. She also finds the other half of her heart. Passion Play is Beth Bernobich's first novel.
