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Besides his work in Washington, several economics professors said they emphasized Summers' short career as a star economist at Harvard to the search committee...
...January, Jorgenson wrote a letter to the search committee, detailing Summers' record as a recipient of prestigious academic prizes, including the 1993 John Bates Clark medal, an award given to an outstanding American economist under the age of 40. He wrote about Summers' "very busy" pace of research and instruction when he taught at the University and his important work in fields from labor issues to behavioral economics...
...Haven-born economist was the youngest tenured professor in Harvard's history...
Summers also received the John Bates Clark medal in 1993, an award given to the outstanding American economist under the age of 40. From 1999 to 2001 he served as the secretary of the U.S. Treasury...
What I hear in those words is an appeal to black pride and determination as we fight to attain the elusive commodity that economist Glenn Loury once described as "equal respect in the eyes of one's fellow citizens." It's going to require, among other things, installing tougher classes, especially in math, sciences and literature, and making sure our kids take them; better teachers; changes in study habits; and above all else, a new burst of self-confidence. We've got to believe that even at their most bigoted, whites never came up with a test blacks couldn...