Tag Archives: Geithner

Manufactured Crises And Change

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa President Obama has denounced brinkmanship in Washington. He does not think manufacturing crises to change the way of things is wise. He is correct because he knows that his presidency is an accidental … Continue reading

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Policy Lessons For The Cognoscenti

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa Giving lessons to world leaders on matters of economic policy was the bailiwick of John Maynard Keynes in the last century. He was a wealthy upper class Englishman, bi-sexual and similar to Elton … Continue reading

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Forked Tongues And Short Memories

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa Yad Vashem is about the politics of memory. The Russians call it pamyat. The message is to forgive but not forget because politics is all about memory. In the constant negotiation of interests ― … Continue reading

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Lightweight Must Not Be Thrown Around

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, Tim Geithner, is still living in the 1990s in his heyday as the chief American negotiator during the Asian crisis when he had practiced the … Continue reading

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Atonement

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa The misplaced presidential priority was the campaign promise to balance the Reagan-Bush budget deficit for which reason the country had sold out to China and neglected preparing for the time when oil prices may … Continue reading

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