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Jim Hackett

Chairman, President, & CEO, Anadarko Petroleum

James Hackett was named President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company in December 2003, and Chairman of the Board of the Company in January 2006. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Hackett was the Chief Operating Officer of Devon Energy Corporation from April 2003 to December 2003, following Devon's merger with Ocean Energy, Inc. Mr. Hackett was President and Chief Executive Officer of Ocean Energy, Inc. from March 1999 to April 2003 and was Chairman of the Board from January 2000 to April 2003. He served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Seagull Energy Corporation from September 1998 until March 1999 and as Chairman of the Board from January 1999 to March 1999 prior to its merger with Ocean Energy. He currently serves as a Director of Fluor Corporation and Halliburton, and serves as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

Re: What are today's most important issues?

How does climate change stack up against malnutrion?

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Mental Health Parity

Jim Hackett gets personal.

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Is Oil a Human Right?

Oil is not the whole energy picture, Hackett says.

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Re: Will we see a water crisis?

Hackett talks about the Cadillac Desert.

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Re: Where are the new oil booms?

The Brazilian surprise.

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Re: How is technology changing the oil business?

The impact on the supply side.

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Re: Does the petroleum industry still need subsidies?

Hackett hasn’t seen much of them.

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Re: What would a $120 barrel of oil mean for the U.S. economy?

It wouldn’t be pretty, Hackett says.

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Re: What would it take to trigger an oil crisis?

Looking towards supply and demand.

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Re: Will we see resource wars in the next century?

There is definitely a risk, Hackett says.

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Re: Will foreign energy markets shut out American companies?

How is the race for resources changing the global order?

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Rating the Candidates on Energy Policy

Not much of substance has been said on either side, says Hackett.

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Re: What does a responsible energy policy look like?

For better or for worse, we’ve built an economy based on extracting fossil fuels, Hackett says.

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The difference between leading a smaller company and a Fortune 500 company.

The challenge of making everyone buy in.

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Jim Hackett and Anadarko Petroleum

What does Andarko Petroleum do?

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The credit crisis and the Bush administration;s fiscal policies

There is a constant tension, Hackett says, between too much regulation and not enough.

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Re: Is the Fed running out of ammunition?

Hackett evaluates Bernanke’s handling of the crisis.

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Re: Why did Bear Stearns merit government intervention?

The Federal Reserve has been very vocal about moral hazard, Hackett says.

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Is Alan Greenspan responsible for the era of “cheap money”?

The benefit of hindsight.

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Re: Who is to blame for the mortgage crisis?

It’s part of a system of free enterprise, Hackett says.

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The Outlook for the Public and Private Sectors

How does the outlook on financial policy differ between the private and public sector?

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