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Trump Administration Rescinds International Student Visa Rule
MIT and Harvard sued the administration over a rule that would force international students to leave the U.S. if their fall classes were online.
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Why the Bias Lawsuit Against Harvard May Be Headed to the Supreme Court
Nov.01 -- On this edition of "Business of Equality," Frank Wu, UC Hastings professor of law, discusses what's at stake in the Asian-American bias lawsuit against Harvard University. He speaks with Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg...
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Summers on Battling Inflation, Gas Prices
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers says it's vital that the Federal Reserve isn't swayed by the Russia-Ukraine crisis as a reason to hold off on adopting restrictive monetary policy in order to quell a decades-high pace...
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Pandemic Caused 'A Lot of Consumer-Driven Innovation': Harvard's Herzlinger
Oct.15 -- The "Godmother of consumer-driven health care" Regina Herzlinger of Harvard Business School and Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn discuss how the pandemic is a wake-up call for how U.S. health care is incentivized, and what can be done...
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Process of Mega-IPOs Is a Travesty: Summers
Dec.11 -- Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, a Wall Street Week contributor and adviser to Pres.-elect Biden's campaign, says that mega-IPOs whose shares surge on the first day of trading are evidence that Wall Street's...
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How Corporate Governance Is Evolving at America's Top Companies
Oct.03 -- Nancy Koehn, a Harvard Business School historian, weighs in on how corporate governance is evolving at some of America's top companies. She speaks on "Bloomberg Markets: The Close."
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Harvard Doubles Down on Hedge Funds in Endowment Overhaul
May.06 -- Harvard University’s N.P. “Narv” Narvekar is doubling down on an investment that has fallen out of fashion: hedge funds. Narvekar’s bet on the sophisticated, high-cost brand of money manager marks the biggest since the...
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Mapping the Human Brain: One Slice at a Time
There's a multibillion-dollar race going on to build the first complete map of the brain, something scientists are calling the "connectome." It involves slicing the brain into thousands of pieces, and then digitally stitching them back...
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Model and businesswoman chats about her time at Harvard
Tyra Banks has created and starred in a hit reality show, created and hosted a popular talk show, modeled, written a book, oh - and she recently attended Harvard. For real.
Last February, Banks received her diploma from Harvard...
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Summers Sees 'Tremors' of August 2007 Anxiety in Markets
Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers says he sees "tremors" of elevated risk that parallel the initial signs of financial strain from the summer of 2007. "In the same way people became anxious in August of 2007, I think this is...
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Expect The Fed to Tighten
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers says it's unlikely the fed is able to get inflation down to 2% this year. He also says the economy is above the speed limit and will have to slow down.
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Summers Doubts U.S. Inflation Will Slow to 2% This Year
Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers says he remains concerned that policy makers are complacent about inflation and he doubts U.S. inflation will return to the near 2% range by the end of this year. "We've got an economy that's...
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The War in Ukraine's Effect on Inflation
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers says it's vital that the Federal Reserve isn't swayed by the Russia-Ukraine crisis as a reason to hold off on adopting restrictive monetary policy in order to quell a decades-high pace...
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Would Have Liked to See Bolder Infrastructure Vision: Summers
Apr.09 -- Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, a Wall Street Week contributor, says that while President Biden's infrastructure plan is necessary, he would have liked to see a bolder vision for the improvements society...
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Student Campaign Looks To Cut Harvard's Ties To Prison System
The campaign stands on the belief that Harvard University should not benefit from investments linked to the prison industrial complex.
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Covid-19 Is a Global Financial Crisis For The Emerging World: Shah
Jul.09 -- Rockefeller Foundation President Raj Shah says that the Covid-19 crisis is a global financial crisis for the emerging world. He stresses the need to have global cooperation on the effort to fund vaccination and economic...
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Massive Overheated Labor Market
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers discusses why he believes our economy is overheating and what needs to be done to mitigate rising inflation.
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Hart: People Have Schizophrenic View of Government
Jan.06 -- Harvard University Economics Professor Oliver Hart discusses contract theory, labor markets, hold-up power, trade deals and the profession of economics. He speaks with Michael McKee on “Bloomberg Markets.â€
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Fundamental constraints on the economy have not changed: Summers
Jun.05 -- Lawrence H. Summers, former U.S. Treasury Secretary, says that the rebound in U.S. hiring in May does not change the fundamental constraints on the economy. He cautions that the bounce-back in the labor market could reflect...
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Summers Warns on Bond Shut-Out for Developing Nations
Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers says he is "disappointed" with the lack of leadership shown by global financial leaders in aiding developing nations at this week's IMF/World Bank meetings. "Many of these countries can't...
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Former Treasury Sec. Summers on GOP Health Bill, Nafta
Mar.23 -- Lawrence Summers, former U.S. Treasury Secretary, discusses the GOP health bill, the future of Nafta and tax reform with Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker on "Bloomberg Markets."
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Summers Says Trump's Infrastructure Plan Is Worrisome
Jun.05 -- Harvard University Charles W. Eliot Professor Lawrence Summers talks about his support for big reforms in U.S. air traffic control and looks at the prospect of infrastructure spending. He speaks with Bloomberg's David Westin on...
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Be Careful of "Hipster Antitrust" Push
Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers on the possibility of a recession and concerns of a "hipster antitrust" tilt among federal regulators.
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Summers Says CPI Data Won't Impact Fed's Near-Term Path
Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers discusses the economic and demographic indicators he is eyeing on "Wall Street (This) Week.