US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill - Time to go?

ARTICLE - Just what a fragile global economy doesn't need is a loose cannon as a US Treasury Secretary. Yet after a succession of gaffes that have sunk markets and offended presidents, Paul O'Neill remains unrepentant. Now is the time for him to resign and let other policymakers pick up the pieces, says Suzanne Miller in the October 2002 edition of The Banker magazine.

If Paul O'Neill secretly pines for the good old days when he ruled US aluminium giant Alcoa with impunity, one can hardly blame

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