Lawrence Summers
Lawrence Summers
Lawrence Henry "Larry" Summersis an American economist who is President Emeritus and Charles W. Eliot University Professor of Harvard University...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth30 November 1954
CountryUnited States of America
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This is something new. This is an intensified focus and allocation of enforcement resources in the most effective way,
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The one exception was a technical matter relating to financial modernization: but there Alan simply waited until I left and then very quickly resolved the matter with Larry,
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This is about concrete action and what Japan does going forward. That can make a big difference in stimulating the economy, repairing the financial system and encouraging the flow of capital throughout Asia. It will be their steps that will be decisive and not what diplomats agree on here,
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The ongoing task of debt management for the federal government will clearly be very different in the years ahead than it has been in the past, when debt was rapidly increasing, ... With $3.6 trillion in debt outstanding, even a 3 basis point (0.03 percentage point) reduction in federal borrowing costs will ultimately produce savings of more than $1 billion per year.
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I think the approach we have taken in the administration, of focusing our energies and concerns on the fundamentals and working to strengthen those fundamentals, has been the prudent approach rather than focusing on the stock market,
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Jack Meyer did a great job for Harvard.
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For these three reasons -- national security, how China evolves, our commercial interests -- I believe that this agreement is very much in our national interest.
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Harvard's endowment is critical to the university's academic and financial aid programs and to its capacity for growth, ... the endowment will continue to be overseen and invested with the highest level of professionalism and expertise.
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He is not only an immensely talented and versatile performer, but also someone who has given a great deal of himself to the university and especially to the vitality of the arts at Harvard,
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He has provided very important and valuable leadership on a range of issues from the Latin American debt crisis in the 1980s to the challenge of the transition economies following the fall of the Berlin Wall to the emerging market challenges of recent years.
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Our national savings rate is still far too low, driven by a personal savings rate that is not where it should be,
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sharp rise in the price of oil is an important concern for consumers and businesses around the world, and has the potential to hit developing countries particularly hard.
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The IRS needs to be more responsive to taxpayers, to use technology more effectively and to be more efficient,