Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Who Will Replace Tim Geithner at the New York Fed?

Governor of the Bank of Israel Stanley Fischer? While Fischer seems perfectly intelligent, competent, and ethical (and he was the thesis adviser to Ben Bernanke, so presumably they'd have a good working relationship), it would be a bit unusual to have the former head of a foreign central bank in a top government position dealing with Wall Street, no? (He was born in Northern Rhodesia and spent most of his life outside the US... is he a US citizen? Not clear from his wikipedia bio... he had to be naturalized in Israel before taking office there...) It would certainly send the anti-semites into a tizzy!
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