RE: LeoThread 2025-08-16 03:50

additional context of understanding that in the 1970s, there weren't many people in the world who were more powerful than the Rockefellers. They were at the very top. And to know David and to have that kind of relationship must have felt extremely special. I never got to travel on the plane, but I did get invited to the asset liability meeting. And I did keep in mind that they had a large economics department headed by John Wilson. And David could have used many economists or multiple of their economists for some of the projects which I did. And that was a very good feeling for me. It was one of those great privileges because when I went from the Dallas Fed to the econometrics unit of Chase Manhattan, I had no idea who was running Chase Manhattan and had any idea whatsoever that I might actually come in contact. But David was an exceptional man. He was a very good economist. He had a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago. It was one of those great pleasures in life that you (16/41)