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...response to the torrent of criticism from media and fellow faculty members, Goldin, with Allison Professor of Economics Lawrence F. Katz, wrote a January op-ed in The Boston Globe defending Summers’ NBER remarks...
...innate” differences between men and women a satisfactory explanation for the underrepresentation of women in various careers and academic fields, the point seems to be moot—Goldin argues that Summers was not talking about “innate” differences at all in his NBER remarks...
When Summers appeared before a group of scholars at a National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) conference on Jan. 14, his relationship with FAS professors was already tenuous, strained by disagreements over his treatment of faculty and an impression of a lack of transparency...
...that roughly 40-minute speech, Summers managed to utter some variation of the phrase “it seems to me” a whopping 18 times. At the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) in January, when Summers ruminated on the intrinsic aptitude of women, he said “it seems to me” eight times, more often than he said the word “science,” which garnered only seven mentions in a speech that was about science. Summers says “it seems to me” the way most people...
...professor of physics and harsh critic of Summers, was enlisted to introduce the president but could barely muster a kind word. “We’re perplexed how you could draw those conclusions,” Randall said of Summers’ NBER remarks, “given the lack of evidence.” Then she rolled her eyes and, sensing the awkwardness, blurted “sorry” before sitting down...