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...nothing else, Summers' gaffes have provided new motivation for many Harvard groups to play hardball on their own behalf. His remarks on women's advancement in math and science raised some "important questions, and we should find the answers," says economics professor Claudia Goldin. Summers, she says, "said things I want to prove wrong." --With reporting by Matt Kelly/Boston
Both conference organizer Richard Freeman, the Goldin and Ascherman professor of economics, and Summers’ spokeswoman, Lucie McNeil, said the conference was off-the-record. McNeil said Summers regularly has his remarks taped for his own personal reference...
...Somehow Larry knew exactly where he wanted to go, and every word was just very well chosen,” Goldin said in an interview Monday. “He gave a talk that from beginning to end was a beautifully linear set of thoughts...
...Goldin and Ascherman Professor of Economics Richard Freeman both said that after Summers speculated that “innate differences” might explain the underrepresentation of females on elite faculties, he explicitly told the audience: “I’d like to be proven wrong on this...
...Goldin, who prepared a memo that Summers cited in his speech Friday, said the president “had mountains of research” on the subject, although he spoke extemporaneously...