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Created page with ''''William Edward Simon''' (November 27, 1927 – June 3, 2000) served as United States Secretary of Treasury under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford f...'
'''William Edward Simon''' (November 27, 1927 – June 3, 2000) served as [[United States]] [[Secretary of Treasury]] under [[President]]s [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Gerald Ford]] from 1974-1977. Previously he served as Director of the Federal Energy Office during the energy crisis of the early 1970's. He worked to convince oil-producing nations to place their petrodollar surpluses in U.S. bank deposits but discouraged them from direct investment in U.S. corporations. Simon served as Secretary of Treasury in the midst of an economic [[recession]]. During which he became a prominent spokesman for fiscal discipline and free markets.
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