Larry Summers

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

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JPMorgan loss proves banks need bigger capital cushion

“JPMorgan loss proves banks need bigger capital cushion,” Freeland File

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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1 Apr

The Congressional majority's idea to treat extending the Trump tax cut as costless is illogical, unprecedented, fiscally irresponsible, and economically dangerous. This @amprog analysis provides more detail. I have rarely seen a budget procedure issue where the merits are so…

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1 Apr

The Trump Administration's review of Harvard's funding is “a pretext for going after truth-seeking institutions that are threatening to would-be authoritarians.” @nytimes

Antisemitism has been a genuine problem at Harvard. “Just because Donald Trump says something doesn’t make…

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