The downfall of Dominique Strauss-Kahn is a morality tale that even Tom Wolfe, the author of The Bonfire of the Vanities, wouldn’t have dared imagine.
On the morning of May 14, the head of the IMF was one of the most powerful men on the planet – not only was he running the organization that plays such an important role in the global financial crisis, the odds were that he would become president of France in May, 2012. Polls said Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s victory over Nicolas Sarkozy was almost a done deal.
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