Warsh

Warsh is married to Jane Lauder, a granddaughter of cosmetics pioneer Estee Lauder; Jane Lauder's father, Ronald Lauder, was U.S. ambassador to Austria under Reagan and has donated $104,000 to the Republican National Committee since the 2000 election campaign, according to records compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.

February 2006 2006

Never heard anybody pronounce it that way, but my mom says "Warsh":

reddit.com: what's new online! 2009

Mr. Powell, who has worked in investment banking in New York and private equity in Washington, D.C., would fill a different niche; the Fed board has been without a Wall Street veteran since Kevin Warsh, a Morgan Stanley alumnus, left in April.

Obama Picks Bipartisan Pair for Fed David Wessel 2011

In the last paragraph quoted above, I think that Warsh goes too far.

Atoms, Bits, and Growth, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Porter can reply for himself about Warsh's attack, but in his piece Warsh repeated a false account of my role based on a now discredited story by David Corn of Mother Jones.

Joseph Nye: Gaddafi and Change Joseph Nye 2011

Kevin Warsh, a fellow Fed governor, agreed: "Capital markets are probably more profitable and more robust . . . than they have perhaps ever been."

The Meltdown Remains a Whodunit Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2012

David Warsh, in Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations, also shrugs off new institutional economics.

Dogs Not Barking, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Vice chairman Donald Kohn retired and Fed governor Kevin Warsh left to return to the private sector; both have been active on the speaking circuit to hedge funds and investors.

Former Fed Official Joins Barclays Jon Hilsenrath 2011

Reviewer David Warsh directs us to an interesting article asking "Is Anywhere Stuck in a Malthusian Trap?"

The Malthusian Zombie, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

As OCC chief John Warsh put it, the feds want "to fix what is broken, identify and compensate borrowers who suffered financial harm, and ensure a fair and orderly mortgage servicing process going forward."

The Right Foreclosure Fix 2011