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...poorest nations by 2015. On this issue—as with AIDS and infectious diseases—Larry was one of the early messengers of the view that such previously considered social issues must now become the focus of those concerned with larger economic growth policies. As Chief Economist of the World Bank nearly a decade ago— in a speech that is still quoted today—Larry gave one of the first wake-up calls to the economic world that investing in the education of women was one of the best economic decisions the world could make...
...Economist...
...says he worries, however, that Summers’ training as an economist could make him even less willing than Rudenstine to implement a mandatory wage floor...
Deep as my sympathy for Summers was at that moment, it has only grown with my recognition of all that he faced. As an economist and ex-Secretary of the Treasury, he no doubt had friends and colleagues in the WTC towers. As a father, he had to endure those losses without the love and support of his children, who were hours away in Washington. And as a university president, he knew that the danger was not past, because accomplices to the attack lurked just across the Charles—if not on this side...
...Canada border, Ford, General Motors, DaimlerChrysler and Toyota have had to idle assembly lines and reduce production. And some florists have had trouble getting their regular supplies from South America. "The biggest economic cost of being victims of terrorism is through lost productivity," says Neal Soss, chief economist at Credit Suisse First Boston...