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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critical economic expansion government moment people plan strong time
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.
adjustment balanced believe countries expansion exports global increased needs public rather reduced
We believe the global expansion needs to be balanced up, not balanced down, ... An adjustment should take place in our countries through increased public savings. Internationally, there needs to be an adjustment through an increase in exports rather than reduced imports.
chairman chance course economists expansion face massive nobel risky six tax time
If we can do those things, we have a chance to keep this expansion going. But this is not the time to take what (Federal Reserve) Chairman (Alan) Greenspan, what six Nobel prize-winning economists have said would be a very risky course with a massive tax cut. We're not going to let it happen, ... Face The Nation.