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Summers is small potatoes by comparison. Besides the concrete effects of the policies instituted under his lead while serving as chief economist for the World Bank—including damming the world against its wishes and making troublesome regions safe for industrial intrusion—there’s the infamous “Toxic waste memo” of 1991, from which one choice line should suffice: “I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that...
...international standards. Meanwhile, if this sentence survives appeal, many titans of Germany's now-defunct Neuer Markt have a new reason for stage fright. The Bottom Line Mr. Brown is not really the rather dour person he tries to present to us, but rather a romantic character BRIDGET ROSEWELL, economist for the Greater London Authority, on the British Chancellor's highly optimistic growth forecasts
...Godkin Lectures are held each year in memory of former political journalist Edwin Godkin. The lecture series began in 1903, and past speakers, selected by Kennedy School professors, have included Adlai Stevenson, Nelson Rockefeller and the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Paul Samuelson, a Nobel-prize winning economist and Summers’ uncle, gave the lecture...
...Certainly I can imagine myself as an economist, though its not the most likely outcome,” he says...
...Godkin Lectures, in memory of former political journalist Edwin Godkin, began in 1903. Past speakers, selected by Kennedy School professors, have included Adlai Stevenson, Nelson Rockefeller and the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Paul Samuelson, a Nobel-prize winning economist and Summers’ uncle, gave the lecture...