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Type: Interview transcript or article excerpt (house oversight document)
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This document, stamped by House Oversight, contains an excerpt of an interview or profile featuring 'Keating' (likely former Australian PM Paul Keating). He discusses economic policy, criticizing high leverage ratios in financial institutions and referencing Alan Greenspan. The text also delves into Keating's philosophy on leadership, citing Immanuel Kant, the limitations of pure rationalism, and the inspirational role of music in his intellectual process.

People (4)

Name Role Context
Keating Interviewee/Subject
Discussing economics, leadership, philosophy, and music. Likely referring to Paul Keating given the context of intern...
Greenspan Former Federal Reserve Chairman
Criticized by Keating regarding leverage ratios and balance sheets, though stated as someone Keating 'knows and likes'.
Obama US President
Praised by Keating for seeking a return to 'liberal internationalism'.
Kant Philosopher
Cited by Keating regarding the 'inner command' and moral philosophy.

Organizations (2)

Name Type Context
Federal Reserve
Mentioned in relation to the chairmanship and financial oversight.
House Oversight Committee
Source of the document (indicated by footer stamp).

Locations (1)

Location Context
US
Referenced in the context of 'liberal internationalism' and post-WWII history.

Relationships (2)

Keating Professional acquaintance Greenspan
"Greenspan is someone I know and like," Keating says.
Keating Political admiration Obama
He praises Obama for seeking a return to 'liberal internationalism'

Key Quotes (4)

"But if you are so naive to believe that institutions with a balance sheet with assets geared at 45 to one is not an accident waiting to happen then you don't deserve to be chairman of the Federal Reserve."
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"I believe there is a poetic strand to life that doesn't exist in an economics textbook."
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"I say if you simply live on rational policy and briefing notes you are not sufficiently informed."
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"You need a higher calling or some inner system of belief - here I mention Kant and the inner command that tells you what is true, what is right, what is good."
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