Madness to Let the Sequester Go Into Effect

Zakaria.2.17.2013 In a conversation with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on February 17, 2013, Summers talks about sequestration, corporate tax reform and how we can create jobs in America. Summers said, “It would be madness to let the sequester go brutally into effect.”  Watch the video here.

The Future of the American Public Sector

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In a conversation with Chrystia Freeland of Thomson Reuters at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on January 23, 2013, Summers said, “This is a moment for broad renewal  that corrects all the deficits we have.” Watch the video here.

Unthinkable to Default on the U.S. Debt

CNBC.1.15.2013 In a conversation with CNBC’s Bernie Lo in Hong Kong on January 15, 2013, Larry Summers said, “It should be unthinkable to default on debt in the United States… after 200 years the thought that the full faith in credit of the U.S could be called into question is unthinkable.” Watch the video here.