Lawrence H. Summers was US Secretary of the Treasury (1999-2001) and Director of the US National Economic Council (2009-2010), and is a former president of Harvard University, where he is currently University Professor.
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Lawrence H. Summers
Commentaries by Lawrence H. Summers
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Will the Global Economy Add Up?
CAMBRIDGE – This year has begun on a note of cautious optimism for the global economy. Europe is back from the brink. The United States did …
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New Rules for A New Economy
Economic progress is more than a matter of markets and technological innovation. As an economy's structure changes, government policies must…
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Is the "New Economy" a Fad?
Not long ago the "new economy" was portrayed by many as having repealed the laws of economic gravity: stock prices, productivity, and employ…
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Anatomy of a Crash
Why did high_tech stock market values fall so far in the last year-and-a-half? What does the crash of the NASDAQ (and of smaller IT exchange…
Will the Global Economy Add Up?
Ray Tapajna: First of all free trade is not trade as historically practiced and defined. Today it is based on moving production from place to place for the sake of cheaper labor. It has separated production from …
Will the Global Economy Add Up?
Kathy Holland: Competitiveness is the American game. Unfortunately, this competitiveness has evolved in rather sinister ways. It will be a welcome period of "growing up" once these particular players reach that st…