He said the Treasury Department now has the authority to block or seize any assets, accounts or securities under U.S.jurisdiction held by these organizations or anyone acting on their behalf.
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He left school at 16 to join the accountsdepartment of a Northampton shoe factory, but became interested in economics through reading John Maynard Keynes.
In addition to these conceptual problems, Steven Keuning, head of the Dutch national accountsdepartment, points out that the entire attempt to attach cash values to environmental goods and bads is a bit nonsensical.