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Inspired by the rock star visit, however, I did pick up the phone and call Larry??s right-hand man on the issue—Undersecretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner—one of the true heroes of debt relief for poor countries. I asked Tim where Larry??s head was on the idea of us announcing something more at the World Bank/IMF meeting. Tim, notoriously brilliant and tight-lipped, just said that Larry wanted to do as much as anyone and that he was weighing the issue. While almost all economic decisions were made...
...academic settings the chief of staff is not a gate keeper. It’s the nature of Harvard that there are just far too many avenues of collaboration, and Larry??s style is to consult as many people as possible,” O’Neill said...
...going to get a sleepy, white-haired old man who says forgettable things” in Summers, Neff says. For all of Summers’ civilizing at Rubin’s elbows, he hasn’t completely left behind his former self. “New Larry??—the managerial, governmental, political Summers—has its merits, but the search committee made its decision with full knowledge that many of the aspects that characterized “Old Larry?? are still kicking around...
...some cases these “Old Larry?? qualities were desirable. Summers was and still is brilliant. In other cases it was neutral—like the disorganized lab partner that Neff remembers from high school, the Summers of today requires a rule that says you are “never to give Larry the only version of anything” lest it “disappear into the pile...
...even admirers admit, there are still aspects of “Old Larry?? that will require further adjustment...