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Hank Paulson remembers the ‘terror-filled nights’ of the 2008 crisis

FN’s sister publication Barron’s talks to the US’ crisis-era Treasury secretary and former Goldman CEO

Hank Paulson remembers the ‘terror-filled nights’ of the 2008 crisis
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If Hollywood decides to produce a movie about a government official who finds himself mired in the middle of a once-in-a-lifetime crisis, Hank Paulson could easily be cast in the lead role.

He’s tall, bespectacled, ruggedly handsome, and still has pretty much the same athletic physique he had when he started 50 years ago on the varsity football team at Dartmouth. (His nickname was “Hank the Hammer”.)

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