With the power and authority of government office, you might imagine that hotties would be falling over themselves to get their hands on the great and good. In fact, that’s rarely the case – politics can be a dry, dry subject and it takes decades to get to the top. However, to test the rule, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Peter Orszag’
White House Budget Chief Peter Orszag Love Child
January 7th, 2010 |
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It’s a love triangle of the nerd kind!
Peter Orszag, President Obama’s budget chief, fathered a child with Greek shipping heiress Claire Milonas who gave birth to their daughter in November. Orszag jilted Milonas and became engaged to ABC financial correspondent Bianna Golodryga just a few months before the baby was born.
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Keynesians Are Wrong: We CAN (And Very Well May) Have Disinflation With Rising Real Interest Rates, Which Could Hasten the Decline of American Power
December 1st, 2009 |
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One of the world’s leading economic historians – Niall Ferguson – has previously pointed out that too much debt can drive countries into default: There are economic professors in American universities who think they are masters of the universe, but the…
RJ Eskow: Elmendorf vs. Orszag: A “Teachable Moment”… for Geeks and Nerds
July 29th, 2009 |
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This week a bitter confrontation between individuals from two distinct social groups offered our nation a rare and precious “teachable moment.” Those individuals, of course, are a geek and a nerd.
U.S. And China Pledge ‘Balanced Growth’ After Meeting
July 28th, 2009 |
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WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Tuesday that the United States and China have reached agreement on the need to work toward more balanced global growth once the current economic crisis has ended.
Geithner spoke as t…
Orszag: Republicans Trying To Kill Health Care Reform Through Delay
July 19th, 2009 |
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President Obama’s Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Peter Orszag, accused Senate Republicans on Sunday of trying to kill health care reform by dragging out the legislative process.
Appearing on CNN’s State of the Union, Orszag…
TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads
July 19th, 2009 |
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Hello, fellow Muggles, and welcome to this week’s edition of your Sunday Morning Liveblog, your weekly, occasionally witty rundown of the week in political monkeyshines and the Hollow Men who rend their garments over it, whilst you sleep off y…
Dan Quayle: Obama’s “Biggest Challenge” Is “Taming The Left Wing”
July 18th, 2009 |
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STATELINE, Nev. — Former Vice President Dan Quayle gives President Barack Obama high marks for surrounding himself with quality advisers on national security and the economy. But Quayle says it’s not yet clear whether Obama’s Democratic admin…
Deane Waldman: STOP Pay-For-Performance! START Pay-For-Outcome.
July 15th, 2009 |
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Blame for our healthcare nightmare has recently been aimed at the doctors: inadvertently by Dr. Atul Gawande in the New Yorker magazine and intentionally…