- Robert J. Shapiro
Robert J. Shapiro is co-founder and chairman of [http://www.sonecon.com/ Sonecon, LLC] , a United States private finance consultancy that has built a reputation on a range of economic policy issues, including climate change, intellectual property, and finance. He is known for warning of the dangers of
naked short selling . He has claimed that naked short selling cost has investors $100 billion and driven 1,000 companies into the ground. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1126706-3,00.html Watch Out, They Bite!] by Daniel Kadlec, Nov. 09, 2005,Time magazine ]Previously he was undersecretary of commerce for economic affairs in the administration of President
Bill Clinton , principal economic adviser to Bill Clinton in his 1991-1992 campaign, a senior economic adviser to Al Gore and John Kerry in their campaigns, a co-founder of theProgressive Policy Institute , legislative director to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and an associate editor of U.S. News & World report.In his Commerce Department position, he oversaw the major statistical agencies of the
United States , including theCensus Bureau while it carried out the2000 decennial census.Shapiro currently serves as the Director of the Globalization Initiative of NDN, a political organization and Chair of the Climate Task Force. He is also the co-chairman of the
American Task Force Argentina , a group formed in November 2006 to encourage the Argentine government to repay more than $20 billion in delinquent sovereign debt, a member of the advisory board of the biotech firm Gilead Sciences, a director of the Ax:son-Johnson Foundation, a senior adviser to the Washington DC and Los Angeles-based public affairs firm Gilbraltar Associates, and a fellow of the Progressive Policy Institute and the Georgetown University School of Business.He has a Ph.D. from
Harvard University , a M.Sc. from theLondon School of Economics and Political Science, and an A.B. from theUniversity of Chicago .References
* [http://www.precisionecon.com/Economists/bio_r_shapiro.htm Shapiro's resume]
* [http://gibraltar-llc.com/shapiro.php Shapiro's Gibraltar Associates Bio]External links
* [http://www.atfa.org American Task Force Argentina]
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