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After being arrested in New York for the alleged sexual assault of a hotel maid, the head of the I.M.F., French national Dominique Strauss-Khan, quickly resigned his post. Currently, the world's most powerful sovereign wealth fund is looking for a replacement. Nobel economics laureate Joseph Stiglitz thinks the current front runner, Christine Lagarde, France's current economic minister, is a good match for the job: "She has been an outspoken advocate of financial-sector reforms, and has won the respect of all of those with whom she has worked."
After being arrested in New York for the alleged sexual assault of a hotel maid, the head of the I.M.F., French national Dominique Strauss-Khan, quickly resigned his post. Currently, the world's most powerful sovereign wealth fund is looking for a replacement. Nobel economics laureate Joseph Stiglitz thinks the current front runner, Christine Lagarde, France's current economic minister, is a good match for the job: "She has been an outspoken advocate of financial-sector reforms, and has won the respect of all of those with whom she has worked."