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WhenHankPaulson,theformerCEOofGoldmanSachs,wasappointedin2006tobecomethenation''snextSecretaryoftheTreasury,heknewthathismovefromWallStreettoWashingtonwouldbedauntingandchallenging.
ButPaulsonhadnoideathatayearlater,hewouldfindhimselfattheveryepicenteroftheworld''smostcataclysmicfinancialcrisissincetheGreatDepression.MajorinstitutionsincludingBearStearns,FannieMae,FreddieMac,LehmanBrothers,AIG,MerrillLynch,andCitigroup,amongothers-allsteepedinrich,longstandingtradition-literallyteeteredattheedgeofcollapse.Panicensnaredinternationalmarkets.Worstofall,thecreditcrisisspreadtoallpartsoftheU.S.economyandgrewmoreominouswitheachpassingday,destroyingjobsacrossAmericaandunderminingthefinancialsecuritymillionsoffamilieshadspenttheirlifetimesbuilding.
Thiswastrulyaonce-in-a-lifetimeeconomicnightmare.Eventsnoonehadthoughtpossiblewerehappeninginquicksuccession,andpeopleallovertheglobewereterrifiedthatthecontinuingdownwardspiralwouldbringunprecedentedchaos.AlleyesturnedtotheUnitedStatesTreasurySecretarytoavertthedisaster.
This,then,isHankPaulson''sfirst-personaccount.Fromthemanwhowasintheverymiddleofthisperfecteconomicstorm,ONTHEBRINKisPaulson''sfast-pacedretellingofthekeydecisionsthathadtobemadewithlightningspeed.Paulsonputsthereaderintheroomforalltheintensemomentsasheaddressedurgentmarketconditions,weighedcriticaldecisions,anddebatedpolicyandeconomicconsiderationswithofallthenotableplayers-includingtheCEOsoftopWallStreetfirmsaswellasBenBernanke,TimothyGeithner,SheilaBair,NancyPelosi,BarneyFrank,presidentialcandidatesBarackObamaandJohnMcCain,andthen-PresidentGeorgeW.Bush.
Morethananaccountaboutnumbersandcreditrisksgonebad,ONTHEBRINKisanextraordinarystoryaboutpeopleandpolitics-allbroughttogetherduringtheworld''simpendingfinancialArmageddon.
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HenryM.Paulson,Jr.servedunderPresidentGeorgeW.Bushasthe74thSecretaryoftheTreasuryfromJune2006untilJanuary2009.BeforecomingtoTreasury,PaulsonwasChairmanandChiefExecutiveOfficerofGoldmanSachsfromthetimeofthefirm''sinitialpublicofferingin1999.HejoinedGoldmanSachsChicagoOfficein1974androsethroughtheranksholdingseveralpositionsincluding,ManagingPartnerofthefirm''sChicagooffice,Co-headofthefirm''sinvestmentBankingDivision,PresidentandChiefOperatingOfficer,andCo-Seniorpartner.PriortojoiningGoldmanSachs,PaulsonwasamemberoftheWhiteHouseDomesticCouncil,servingasStaffAssistanttothePresidentfrom1972to1973,andasStaffAssistanttotheAssistantSecretaryofDefenseatthePentagonfrom1970to1972.PaulsongraduatedfromDartmouthin1968,wherehemajoredinEnglish,wasamemberofPhiBetaKappa,andanAllIvy,AllEastfootballplayer.HereceivedanM.B.A.fromHarvardin1970.
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