Summary
Robert Rubin, Jacob Weisberg: Into a World of Uncertainty
"A little quiz: How many of the top people in business and finance who have been appointed to government positions in the last five decades have grown in stature at the end of their service? Can't you think of many? It's no wonder: Even the most successful entrepreneurs in the private sector mostly started limping when they took on the responsibilities of a government job. They had a hard time developing new skills and weaning themselves off." However, everyone's list of successful transitioners will include Bob Rubin. Republicans and Democrats, like almost all world leaders, will agree that Bob's skills as a businessman came to the fore when he used them for the good of his country. This book makes it clear that we live in a world where unpleasant financial surprises happen at certain intervals like a contagion, it can spread very quickly and harm even countries that are very far from the place where the crisis originated. Bob's testimonies of how he extinguished the fires around him - and his interpretation of the political intrigues, which are also the key to success, as well as sound analytical thinking - attract attention and teach us lessons.
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