Larry Summers

Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard University

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The tension between politics and economics

“The tension between politics and economics,” The Buttonwood Gathering, October, 2012

Lawrence H. Summers is the Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard University. He served as the 71st Secretary of the Treasury for President Clinton and the Director of the National Economic Council for President Obama.

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