Epstein Secrets

nt Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Bangkok Paul A. Volcker, Former Chairman, Board of Governors, U.S. Federa

deration (ETUC) Sarasin Viraphol, ExecutiveVice President, Charoen Pokhand Co., Ltd; former Deputy permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Bangkok Paul A. Volcker, Former Chairman, Board of Governors, U.S. Federal Reserve System; former Chairman, Wolftnsohn & Co. Inc.; Frederick H. Schultz Professor Emeritus

tein has been a munificent supporter of cutting-edge research. Axel met Epstein during the early biotech days of the eighties. Vanity Fair columnist Michael Wolff met him in the Internet bubble, in the late nineties, when Epstein invited him and a group of scientists and media types to fly to a conference on

n invited him and a group of scientists and media types to fly to a conference on the West Coast in his beautiful 727. "It was all a little giddy," Wolff says. "There's a little food out, lovely hors d'oeuvre. And then after fifteen to twenty minutes, Jeffrey arrives. This guy comes onboard: He was my

nomic advisers was operating from different playbooks, with Summers calling his plays the loudest. Take, for instance, the debate that surrounded the Volcker rule -- the regulatory reform component that curtailed proprietary trading at U.S. banks and limited their investments in private equity firms and he

egulatory reform component that curtailed proprietary trading at U.S. banks and limited their investments in private equity firms and hedge funds. As Wolffe reports: [Summers'] doubts sat there in the West Wing, blocking the Volcker rule for months. Obama had signaled that he wanted the rule to move forwa

mic advisers was operating from different playbooks, with Summers calling his plays the loudest. Take, for instance, the debate that surrounded the Volcker rule -- the regulatory reform component that curtailed proprietary trading at U.S. banks and limited their investments in private equity firms and

ulatory reform component that curtailed proprietary trading at U.S. banks and limited their investments in private equity firms and hedge funds. As Wolffe reports: [Summers'] doubts sat there in the West Wing, blocking the Volcker rule for months. Obama had signaled that he wanted the rule to move for