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...directly and individually responsible for these demands’ not already being met. I don’t know if he is or if he isn’t, but I do know that Summers’ recent remarks to a meeting of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) can only be held against him for their being tactless, and that they gave no indication that Summers is a sexist. To link the worthy causes for which the Coalition advocates into a smear campaign against Summers is misguided at best...
Many voices have objected to key aspects of Summers’ leadership. It is important for these voices to be heard. President Summers has given many signs—including the release of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) conference transcript—that he has not only listened to his critics but intends to bring substantive changes to his leadership approach. After frustrations are fully vented in coming days—as they should be—we believe it essential for the future of the University that Summers have a chance to prove that...
...Professor of Economics Claudia Goldin, who attended Summers’ NBER speech and has emerged as one of the president’s strongest defenders, concedes that the talk may have lent itself to being misinterpreted...
...letter to the Faculty yesterday, Summers once again apologized for the speech, which came at a Jan. 14 conference at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER...
...Though my NBER remarks were explicitly speculative, and noted that ‘I may be all wrong,’ I should have left such speculation to those more expert in the relevant fields,” Summers wrote...