Rubin out, Summers in

[Doug Henwood]

So the Asian crisis must really be over, now that Robert Rubin's resigning!
I just heard that his nominated successor, the charming Larry Summers,
called Oskar Lafontaine an "asshole" in front of several reporters on the
occasion of his resignation as German finance minister. Apparently the
reporters deemed this fine material for gossip, but not worthy material to
share with their readers.

Doug