Roger Altman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Evercore Partners, speaks about potential geopolitical implications of the financial crisis at a panel discussion hosted by "The Economist" magazine at Pace University in New York October 16, 2009. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

Roger Altman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Evercore Partners, speaks about potential geopolitical implications of the financial crisis at a panel discussion hosted by "The Economist" magazine at Pace University in New York October 16, 2009.

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  2. Lawrence H. Summers, Director of the White House's National Economic Council, speaks about the economic outlook and the financial sector at a luncheon hosted by "The Economist" magazine at Pace University in New York October 16, 2009.
  3. Roger Altman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Evercore Partners, speaks about potential geopolitical implications of the financial crisis at a panel discussion hosted by "The Economist" magazine at Pace University in New York October 16, 2009.
  4. Jeremy Grantham, Co-founder and Chief Investment Strategist of GMO, speaks during an Oxford-style debate on financial innovation hosted by "The Economist" magazine at Pace University in New York October 16, 2009. Grantham was speaking against contemporary financial innovations.
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  7. Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs of Columbia University speaks about potential geopolitical implications of the financial crisis at a panel discussion hosted by "The Economist" magazine at Pace University in New York October 16, 2009.
  8. Prof. Myron S. Scholes, Chairman of Platinum Grove Asset Management, speaks during an Oxford-style debate on financial innovation hosted by "The Economist" magazine at Pace University in New York October 16, 2009. Scholes, who was defending contemporary financial innovations, is one of the authors of the Black-Scholes option pricing model that helped determine the price of derivatives and was a founder of the now-defunct hedge fund, Long Term Capital Management.
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