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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climate discourse government impressed notions prevailing took ultimately
But ultimately what I was impressed by during my years in government was how much the intellectual climate and the prevailing intellectual notions constrained and represented the universe within which the discourse took place.
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In Europe, the stronger growth and reductions in unemployment are now arriving, ... But for better performance to endure, Europe will require substantial structural reforms.
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Increases in capacity, along with improvements in productivity performance, have made possible increases in living standards without inappropriate inflationary pressures,
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TARGETING POOR ZIP CODES. This is a clear and unambiguous commitment.
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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,
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The IRS faces a multitude of restrictions -- restrictions that would be unacceptable in the private sector -- that hamper its ability to provide efficient service,
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It used to be said that when the U.S. sneezed, the world caught a cold. The opposite is equally true today.
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There can be no successful economic development without economic growth, ... There have never been greater technological opportunities to promote convergence than there are today.
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What is happening in India and China... The integration of the four-fifths of the world where people are poor with the one fifth of the world where people are rich, has the potential to be one of the three most important economic events in the last millennium, alongside the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution.
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The government has done its part, now it's time that people do their part, ... We have never, in our country, had a moment of economic expansion as strong as the present. So right now it is critical to plan for future.
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With respect to the action that was taken, it was certainly a constructive step reflecting a careful attempt to respond to pressures that had gathered in the oil sector over time,
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U.S. budget and current account deficits are very important contributors to an unbalanced global economy, while the U.S. deficit has been a source of demand that has propelled the global economy forward for some years now.
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to take strong steps... to create confidence and to build on the very strong foundation for prosperity that Indonesia enjoys.