Treasury secretary steps down, replacement named Treasury Secretary John Snow resigned his post on Tuesday, and President Bush moved quickly to nominate Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO Henry Paulson Jr. to replace him. What will the change in federal government's fiscal chief mean for the economy?11:06 a.m.
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Louis Johnston: Economics professor at St. John's University in Collegeville.
America's first treasury secretary President Bush's ongoing second-term shakeup shined the national spotlight on the office of treasury secretary Tuesday. In a 2004 speech in Edina, biographer Ron Chernow told the story of America's first treasury secretary: Alexander Hamilton.12:06 p.m.
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