Financial meltdown: personal standings
October 14, 2008
(borrowing the style of Le Point)
En hausse
- Gordon Brown – Extraordinary success in influencing Euro and American leaders
- Nicolas Sarkozy – Successfully drove EU leaders to agree EU package
- Manuel José Barroso – Sarkozy seems to have changed attitude towards him. Invited to Camp David with Sarkozy
- Dominique Strauss-Kah – His stark warning influenced EU leaders
- Jean-Claude Trichet – Showed responsibility and good communication skills
- Jean-Claude Juncker – Sound, wise, low-key
- Barack Obama – Trusted in crisis, steady and seen as responsible
En baisse
- Alan Greenspan – History being rewritten
- George W Bush – Irrelevant
- Peer Steinbrück – Prematurely over-confident
- Angela Merkel – Lost leadership role and reluctant follower
- John McCain – Out of his depth
A suivre
- Henry Paulson – Was Lehman Brothers disastrous decision? Has had to revise $700 package
En panne
- Bankers
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This is the best one: “George W Bush – Irrelevant” 🙂
I like it Stanley. I’d like to add though that if John McCain seems to be out of his depth, then Sarah Palin seems to be not allowed near the water!
Manuel José Barroso et Barack Obama en hausse ?
Good Morning 1984.
James: why not?