Timothy Geithner

Born: 1961-08-18

Timothy Franz Geithner (born August 18, 1961) is an American former central banker who served as the 75th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013. He was the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 2003 to 2009, following service in the Clinton administration. Since March 2014, he has served as president and managing director of Warburg Pincus, a private equity firm headquartered in New York City. As President of the New York Fed and Secretary of the Treasury, Geithner had a key role in government efforts to recover from the financial crisis of 2007–08 and the Great Recession. At the New York Fed, Geithner helped manage crises involving Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, and the American International Group; as Treasury Secretary, he oversaw allocation of $350 billion under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, enacted during the previous administration in response to the subprime mortgage crisis. Geithner also managed the administration's efforts to restructure regulation of the nation's financial system, attempts to spur recovery of the mortgage market and the automobile industry, demands for protectionism, tax reform, and negotiations with foreign governments on global finance issues.


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Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis

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Released: 2018-12-11

This documentary looks at the factors that led to the 2008 financial crisis and the efforts made...

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Frontline: America's Great Divide

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Released: 2020-01-13

A deep look into the growing divide in America from the Barack Obama era through the presidency...

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Laissez-faire

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Released: 2015-01-30

A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today...

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Laboratory Greece

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Released: 2019-12-08

A journey through Greece and Europe’s past and recent history: from the Second World War to the...

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Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack H. Obama

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Released: 2009-10-21

Fall Of The Republic documents how an offshore corporate cartel is bankrupting the US economy by...

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The 44th President: In His Own Words

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Released: 2017-01-15

Comprised of two interviews with President Barack Obama conducted both before and after the 2016...

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The Daily Show

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First aired: 1996-07-22

The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

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