Larry Summers Being Considered For World Bank Chief
• Jillian Berman, Huffington postPresident Barack Obama is considering naming Larry Summers, his former top economic advisor, as head of the World Bank, Bloomberg reports, citing "two people familiar with the matter." Summers, a former U.S. Treasury Secretary, Harvard Presiden
I thought the smartest man in Britain--Tony Blair--was up for that job, not the smartest man in America?! :-D all the usual suspects
I guess I just don't follow world news and world operations enough. Does Barak Obama retain the authority to name someone to be economic adviser of the World Bank? Isn't the WB an international organization that should have its economic adviser named from within, or else by a group of nations, rather than a U.S. President?
I tried to put of the picture of good ol Larry sleeping, but it wouln't let me upload..