4 ms·

>Mario Dragi ex Goldman Sachs Vp now head of European Central Bank Banker becomes a head of a bank - what's your issue here?

by elthran 11y ago

gotchange 11y ago
What about Henry Paulson, the former US Secretary of Treasury another GS veteran?
- nicolapede 11y ago
  What's the problem in believing that most of the people that end up being bankers would love to work at GS and that hence GS can just pick up the best ones?
  - jazzyk 11y ago
    You obviously forgot the </s>
- rayiner 11y ago
  How do you feel about, e.g., the FCC consistently being headed by people who have no experience in the tech industry?
  - tormeh 11y ago
    I, for one, prefer it to the entire FCC being made up of former Oracle employees.
    - jmngomes 11y ago
      Exactly. I'm kind of surprised to see that the only comment noticing clear conflicts of interest was actually deleted...
  - sageikosa 11y ago
    About as well as I feel about the FCC at all. Let them license air-waves, and leave the wires to everyone else who actually puts them in and maintains them.
deleted 11y ago
[deleted]
jazzyk 11y ago
Not just a bank - one of the top 3 central banks in the world. And not just banks, governments: "The last three appointments to the Federal Reserve are all former Goldman officials GS, +0.09% —Patrick Harker, the new president of the Philadelphia Fed; Robert Kaplan, the new president of the Dallas Fed; and now, Neel Kashkari, the new president of the Minneapolis Fed." [1] Others, just the most recognizable names, more here [2]: - Lawrence Summers – Secretary of the Treasury of the United States (1999–2001) - Mark Patterson – Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States (2009–) - Henry Paulson – Former United States Secretary of the Treasury (2006–2009) - Romano Prodi – Prime Minister of Italy (1996–1998, 2006–2008) and President of the European Commission (1999–2004)[6] - Robert Rubin – Former Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, ex–Chairman of Citigroup - Malcolm Turnbull – Prime Minister of Australia (2015- ) - Erik Åsbrink – Minister for Finance of Sweden (1996–1999) - Vladimír Dlouhý – Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic (1992–1997) - Mario Draghi – President of the European Central Bank (2011-) - Jon Corzine – Former CEO of MF Global, Inc., former Democratic Governor (2006–2010) and U.S. Senator (2001–2006), New Jersey - Ziad Bahaa-Eldin – Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt (2013–) There are many more... [1] http://www.marketwatch.com/story/at-the-fed-kashkari-appointment-makes-vampire-squid-moniker-apt-2015-11-10 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/at-the-fed-kashkari-appoint... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_employees_of_Goldman_Sachs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_employees_of_Go...

>Mario Dragi ex Goldman Sachs Vp now head of European Central Bank Banker becomes a head of a bank - what's your issue here?

by elthran 11y ago

>Mario Dragi ex Goldman Sachs Vp now head of European Central Bank Banker becomes a head of a bank - what's your issue here?

gotchange 11y ago

What about Henry Paulson, the former US Secretary of Treasury another GS veteran?

nicolapede 11y ago
What's the problem in believing that most of the people that end up being bankers would love to work at GS and that hence GS can just pick up the best ones?
- jazzyk 11y ago
  You obviously forgot the </s>
rayiner 11y ago
How do you feel about, e.g., the FCC consistently being headed by people who have no experience in the tech industry?
- tormeh 11y ago
  I, for one, prefer it to the entire FCC being made up of former Oracle employees.
  - jmngomes 11y ago
    Exactly. I'm kind of surprised to see that the only comment noticing clear conflicts of interest was actually deleted...
- sageikosa 11y ago
  About as well as I feel about the FCC at all. Let them license air-waves, and leave the wires to everyone else who actually puts them in and maintains them.

deleted 11y ago

[deleted]

jazzyk 11y ago

Not just a bank - one of the top 3 central banks in the world. And not just banks, governments: "The last three appointments to the Federal Reserve are all former Goldman officials GS, +0.09% —Patrick Harker, the new president of the Philadelphia Fed; Robert Kaplan, the new president of the Dallas Fed; and now, Neel Kashkari, the new president of the Minneapolis Fed." [1] Others, just the most recognizable names, more here [2]: - Lawrence Summers – Secretary of the Treasury of the United States (1999–2001) - Mark Patterson – Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States (2009–) - Henry Paulson – Former United States Secretary of the Treasury (2006–2009) - Romano Prodi – Prime Minister of Italy (1996–1998, 2006–2008) and President of the European Commission (1999–2004)[6] - Robert Rubin – Former Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, ex–Chairman of Citigroup - Malcolm Turnbull – Prime Minister of Australia (2015- ) - Erik Åsbrink – Minister for Finance of Sweden (1996–1999) - Vladimír Dlouhý – Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic (1992–1997) - Mario Draghi – President of the European Central Bank (2011-) - Jon Corzine – Former CEO of MF Global, Inc., former Democratic Governor (2006–2010) and U.S. Senator (2001–2006), New Jersey - Ziad Bahaa-Eldin – Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt (2013–) There are many more... [1] http://www.marketwatch.com/story/at-the-fed-kashkari-appointment-makes-vampire-squid-moniker-apt-2015-11-10 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/at-the-fed-kashkari-appoint... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_employees_of_Goldman_Sachs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_employees_of_Go...