Prediction is very difficult, someone once said, especially if it’s about the future. And there’s really no telling now precisely which long-range…
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, often referred to as DSK, is a French economist, lawyer, and politician, member of the Socialist Party (PS). He was selected as the new Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 28 September 2007. A former Finance and Economy Minister in Lionel Jospin's "Plural Left" government, he belongs to the center-left wing of the PS. He sought the nomination in the primaries to the Socialist presidential candidacy for the 2007 election but was defeated by Ségolène Royal in November 2006. Strauss-Kahn was also a Professor at the National Administration School (ENA), at the Paris Institute for Political Studies ("Sciences Po") and the HEC School of Management. Strauss-Kahn is widely expect to seek again the socialist primary for President of France in 2012. Aggregate polling indicates that he leads President Sarkozy by four points.






















