Dominique Strauss-Kahn

He was removed from politics and public life in general after the Sofitel scandal in New York in 2011. He now lives in Morocco where he is very involved in humanitarian action and continues to provide his valuable advice to private companies with absolute discretion.

In an opinion article by signed by J. Kyle Bass in Bloomberg titled “The IMF needs to stop torturing Greece”, the author, who is a chief investment officer for Haynman Capital Management with a stake in Greek banking shares, urges the IMF to ease up on its harsh demands from Greece and consider writing off part of what is owed to it by the embattled country. From Bloomberg:

In a strange turn of affairs, IMF chief Christine Lagarde will be taking time off her day job solving the world’s financial crises in order to solve a legal crisis of her own on Monday – a trial — in which she has been accused of negligence after the French state handed over $425 million to Bernard Tapie, a tycoon friend of the French president’s in 2008.

Defense lawyers asked a U.S. federal judge on Oct. 5 to throw out a case against an Iranian-Turkish tycoon accused of defying sanctions on Tehran.

Prominent New York-based lawyer Benjamin Brafman, who is widely known for defending former International Monetary Fund (IMF) head Dominique Strauss-Kahn against sexual assault charges, has signed up to defend Iranian-Turkish businessman Reza Zarrab, who was arrested in Miami over Iran sanction-related fraud charges. 

Prominent New York-based lawyer Benjamin Brafman, who is widely known for defending former International Monetary Fund (IMF) head Dominique Strauss-Kahn against sexual assault charges, has signed up to defend Iranian-Turkish businessman Reza Zarrab, who was arrested in Miami over Iran sanction-related fraud charges. 

Christine Lagarde, the first woman to head the International Monetary Fund, became assured on Feb. 11 of a second term as managing director to steer it through a global economic slowdown.

The International Monetary Fund said it plans an open selection process for its top job and will begin accepting nominations on Jan. 21, even though Christine Lagarde has said she is open to another term leading the crisis lender.

By Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former chief of the International Monetary Fund 

To my German friends,

What if Greece had never adopted the euro currency?

What if Greece had never signed the first economic adjustment program for Greece on May 3, 2010?

What if Greek industries, such as the thriving textile trade, and agriculture had not been dismantled with farmers receiving subsidies not to produce?