All he had to do was say: Hey, Bob Rubin, my good friend, you are welcome to stay another four years at Treasury.

FORBES: Whither the Democrats, Part II

Mr Clinton's economic team, led by Bob Rubin and Larry Summers at Treasury, is by and large supportive of trade liberalisation, whereas the labour-union base of the Democratic Party is hostile.

ECONOMIST: The late march on Kosovo

Bob Rubin, too, but he changed of late.

FORBES: Magazine Article

If someone is ex-Goldman (GS) before joining Treasury, you know they are going to be in the camp of helping Washington support the status quo for Wall Street and promoting Bob Rubin-esque policies of leverage and hands-off.

FORBES: Paul Ryan Was a Fitness Trainer and Turkey Bacon Salesman After College

Mr Reich's battle with the inscrutable Japanese president of the Bridgestone tyre company, whom he is trying to nail for safety infractions, is nothing compared to his struggles with Lloyd Bentsen and then Bob Rubin at the Treasury.

ECONOMIST: American politics