The Fall and Rise of the West
While the grim effects of the 2008 financial crisis still resonate across the globe, the recession wasn't all bad: it triggered fundamental...
Interviewee: Roger C. Altman, Founder and Chairman, Evercore Partners
Interviewer: John C. Bussey, Washington Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal
April 26, 2011
Roger Altman, Founder and Chairman of Evercore Partners and former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, discusses the prospects for solving the U.S. debt and deficit with John Bussey, Washington Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal. Altman and Bussey spoke on the sidelines of CFR's 2011 Corporate Conference.
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