Business Politics

Paul O’Neill - Political News

An article from Reuters titled “The Buck Stops Here in Sobering Docu ‘I.O.U.S.A’” describes a timely documentary about the nation’s financial crisis; it also " onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/review_nm/film_iousa_dc_ylt=A0wNcxCmULdI8gIBQQU9FRkF_br_/?referer=');">discusses former Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill as he helps us understand about the ever-rising federal debt.

The U.S. Department of Treasury website provides a comprehensive account of former U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill’s personal life, career history and credentials.

An article from the New York Times magazine titled “Questions for Paul O’Neill, Market Leader” illustrates former U.S. Secretary of Treasury Paul O’Neill’s answers to Deborah Solomon’s questions including his comments about the Federal Reserve helping the sale of Bear Stearns and what the financial institution has become.

An article from Slate Magazine titled “Blind, Deaf, and Lame: No One Listened to Paul O’Neill. Here’s Why” describes how former U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill didn’t really aspire to become the treasury secretary and how Alan Greenspan persuaded O’Neill to accept such position.

A website of the book, “The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, and the Education of Paul O’Neill”, which was written by Ron Suskind, provides a book description that narrates how Paul O’Neill, Bush’s former treasury secretary, gives an account of the true happenings inside the White House including the character and conduct of President George W. Bush, as well as his assessment of the President’s leadership style.

An article from Time titled “Confessions of a White House Insider” describes how former U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill has been warning the Bush administration about the financial crisis that was about to happen, that more tax cuts would just make matter worse, and how he was insignificantly brushed aside.

A video on WTAE-TV shows an interview with Paul O’Neill, former U.S. Secretary of Treasury, where he assesses the nation’s state of economy, talking about the subprime mortgage as the root of the nation’s economic problem and his disagreement with the President’s signing of the multi-billion dollar economic stimulus package providing tax refunds for most Americans.