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    Lawrence Summers

    Economics Commentator

    Lawrence H. Summers was director of the National Economic Council for President Barack Obama until November 2011. He is currently the Charles W. Eliot University professor at Harvard University and Weil director, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government at the Harvard Kennedy School.

    He served as 27th president of Harvard from July 2001 until June 2006 and has served in a series of senior public policy positions, including secretary of the treasury of the United States, political economist for the President’s Council of Economic Advisers and chief economist of the World Bank.

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    • Tuesday, 27 September, 2022
      UK business & economy
      *The IMF has entered the chat*

      Larry Summers sics the Fund on the UK

    • Wednesday, 24 August, 2022
      Economic forecasting
      The NY Fed vs Larry Summers

      Prime eco beef

    • Monday, 11 April, 2022
      UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
      Recession whispers, part 2 Premium content

      And the commodities financing crunch

    • Friday, 12 November, 2021
      FT Swamp Notes
      Turns out Larry Summers was right Premium content

      The stimulus approved earlier this year was entirely unnecessary

    • Wednesday, 22 September, 2021
      UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
      Summers and Roubini on inflation Premium content

      The bottlenecks are not going away

    • Tuesday, 18 May, 2021
      US economy
      Summers accuses Fed of ‘dangerous complacency’ over inflation

      Ex-Treasury secretary warns of risk US central bank will be forced into knee-jerk rate rise

    • Monday, 12 April, 2021
      Economists Exchange
      Larry Summers: ‘I’m concerned that what is being done is substantially excessive’

      Former treasury secretary criticises the scale of Biden’s fiscal policy and warns it could lead to overheating and wasted resources

    • Saturday, 6 February, 2021
      US politics & policy
      Democrats hit back at Summers after criticism of stimulus bill

      Obama’s ex-economic adviser warns $1.9tn package risks worst inflation in generation

    • Sunday, 17 January, 2021
      Rana Foroohar
      Wall Street’s new sheriff is on a mission

      Joe Biden’s likely choice for Securities and Exchange Commission chair will shake things up

    • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
      Martin Wolf
      There is no stock market bubble

      The bigger question is whether rock-bottom interest rates will revert to ‘normal’ and, if so, when

    • Sunday, 1 November, 2020
      Gavyn Davies
      The future of fiscal policy without traditional constraints

      Covid response has shown inflation and interest rates no longer dictate limits on debt

    • Thursday, 14 May, 2020
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Covid-19 looks like a hinge in history | Free to read

      The pandemic will be remembered alongside 1914 Archduke assassination and 1938 Munich Conference

    • Friday, 11 October, 2019
      Global Economy
      Global economy is at risk from a monetary policy black hole

      Governments should borrow more to stave off secular stagnation

    • Monday, 7 January, 2019
      US economy
      We must prepare now for the likelihood of a recession

      Excess austerity is a bigger risk than fiscal profligacy

    • Monday, 3 December, 2018
      US politics & policy
      Washington may bluster but cannot stifle the Chinese economy

      Even trying to do so risks strengthening the most anti-American elements in Beijing

    • Monday, 5 November, 2018
      Federal Reserve
      Fed bashing is a fool’s game

      But there is a need for pragmatism regarding the independence of central banks

    • Monday, 8 October, 2018
      US economy
      I discovered the rest of America on my summer holiday

      Driving across the US gave me a different perspective on the American economy

    • Monday, 10 September, 2018
      Central bank intervention
      Policymakers call for more firepower to fight recession

      Experts debate problems for central banks in era of ultra-low interest rates

    • Monday, 3 September, 2018
      Global Economy
      Ending quarterly reports will not stop corporate short-termism

      Requiring less information would favour better-connected professional investors

    • Monday, 6 August, 2018
      US trade
      Trump claims credit he is not due on the economy

      Growth has exceeded expectations outside the US rather than within it

    • Monday, 2 July, 2018
      Global Economy
      A jobs guarantee — progressives’ latest big idea

      But cynicism about politics means we should be wary of making promises we cannot keep

    • Monday, 4 June, 2018
      US trade
      Donald Trump’s trade policy violates every rule of strategy

      From tweet to tweet, official to official, nobody can tell what his priorities are

    • Sunday, 6 May, 2018
      Global trade
      The threat of secular stagnation has not gone away

      The economy is prone to sluggish growth — if the past few years are anything to go by

    • Tuesday, 17 April, 2018
      Larry Summers' blogGlobal Economy
      The boom in Puerto Rican debt has nothing to do with reality

      Speculators reap windfalls as estimates of hurricane damage are revised up

    • Sunday, 8 April, 2018
      US trade
      Donald Trump trade threats lack credibility

      US bluster has caused most of the world to rally to China’s side

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