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War, Excess Stimulus Raise 1970's Stagflation Risk: Summers
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers says the fighting in Ukraine combined with too much stimulus by the fed create conditions that could mirror those in the 1970's during the period of stagflation.
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Summers Says Carried-Interest Tax Break Is 'Outrageous'
Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers blasted the removal of a proposal to scale back the "outrageous" so-called carried-interest tax break from the Inflation Reduction Act in an interview on Bloomberg Television's "Wall Street...
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DeVos School Choice Speech Protested at Harvard
Students at Harvard University staged a protest Thursday as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos delivered an address on school choice.
Some held up fists. One held up a sign reading, "White supremacist." Others called for...
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Zuckerberg Stresses Sense of Purpose in Harvard Address
May.25 -- Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Harvard graduates that they need to help others find purpose in a world where machines are taking away some of the steady jobs and communities aren’t as stable, leading to isolation and...
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Harvard's Marty Feldstein Says Border Tax 'Misunderstood'
Feb.27 -- Harvard University Professor of Economics Martin Feldstein explains the economic benefits of a U.S. border tax adjustment. He speaks on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas."
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Expect More Active Stock Picking in 2020, says TIAA CEO
Jan.10 -- Lawrence Summers, former U.S. Treasury secretary and Roger Ferguson, TIAA President and chief executive officer, preview markets in 2020 and advise on where investors should be looking for returns. They spoke with David Westin...
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Summers, Hubbard Debate Biden and Trump Economic Policies
Aug.28 -- Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, a Wall Street Week contributor and adviser to Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden, says the U.S. economy needs a serious program of public investment, which should be...
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Re-Opening Economy Early Would Be 'Very Serious Error:' Summers
Apr.17 -- Lawrence. H. Summers, former U.S. Treasury Secretary, warns against opening the U.S economy prematurely, and emphasizes that G-20 efforts to help poorer countries has merely been "crumbs off the table" so far. He joins host...
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There's "much more financial strain ahead": Summers
May.15 -- Lawrence H. Summers, former U.S. Treasury Secretary, warns that there is more financial strain, as individuals and businesses run out of cash reserves. He also predicts that lending will also decline, creating a downward...
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Ex-Fed Governor Tarullo Says Crisis Changed Perception of Economy
Sep.11 -- Daniel Tarullo, Harvard Law Visiting Professor and former Federal Reserve Governor, discusses the legacy of the financial crisis and the lingering issues that have yet to be addressed. He speaks on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas."
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Summers on Stagflation Risk
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers on whether the U.S. has reached peak inflation, Elon Musk's bid for Twitter and more.
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Summers: Fed, Markets Too Sanguine on Anti-Inflation Steps
Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers says the Fed and policy makers are still underestimating what it's going to take to bring down inflation.
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Fed Should Meet Now to End QE
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers says the Fed should meet now to end quantitative easing. He also talks about what kind of sanctions may work against Russia.
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What an Amy Comey Barrett Confirmation Could Mean for the Future of the Supreme Court
Oct.14 -- In this edition of "Bloomberg Equality," Tomiko Brown-Nagin of Harvard University discusses what an Amy Comey Barrett confirmation would be for the future of the Supreme Court as her hearings begin in the senate with...
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Intel Is The Last Chance for U.S. Semi Leadership: Harvard's Shih
Jan.14 -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. will pour as much as $28 billion into capital spending this year, a staggering sum aimed at expanding its technological lead and constructing a plant in Arizona to serve key American...
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China Is Not Playing Fair On Debt Agreements: Summers
Apr.23 -- Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, a Wall Street Week contributor, says that China doesn't play fair in its debt agreements with other countries. He thinks that its Belt and Road Initiative is a mixed success...
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Summers: Higher Corporate Taxes Won't Hurt Business
Apr.02 -- Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, a Wall Street Week contributor, says President Biden's infrastructure plan is a step in the right direction. Plus, he thinks that raising corporate taxes to pay for it, will...
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Yield Curve Is a Better Measure of Inflation: Quadratic's Davis
Feb.19 -- Quadratic Capital Founder and chief investment officer Nancy Davis says rates are catching up to equities and the yield curve looks like an inflation indicator. Harvard Economics Professor and Former IMF Chief Economist Ken...
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BOTSWANA: NEW AIDS RESEARCH LABORATORY
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Botswana's Aids crisis is getting worse, with one in four infected with the HIV virus.
Now the country's first laboratory and training centre devoted exclusively to the advanced study of HIV, has opened in the capital,...
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The Central Banks Focus
Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers explains why he believes the Central Bank lost it's way last year and "let us down badly."
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Harvard's Rogoff Says Next Global Crisis to Come From China
Sep.12 -- Harvard Professor Kenneth Rogoff discusses the risks posed by emerging markets and warns that the next global crisis may potentially come from China. He speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
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Harvard's Gorana Grgic on the EU-China Relationship
Apr.08 -- Dr. Gorana Grgic, Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Center for European Studies, discusses the challenge and the complexity in the EU-China relationship as the two trade partners meet in Brussels. She speaks to Haidi Stroud-Watts...
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How Scandal-Plagued Recruit Holdings Came Back From the Brink
Feb.19 -- Sandra Sucher, Harvard Business School professor, discusses the re-invention of Japan's scandal-plagued Recruit Holdings Co. as an internet giant in the world’s third-biggest economy. She speaks with Bloomberg's Emily Chang and...
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China's Restrictions On Listings, Foreign Investments May Be Long-Lived: Sheets
Jul.09 -- PGIM Fixed Income Chief Economist Nathan Sheets says that China's restrictions on overseas listings and its capital markets controls may be long-lived. He still thinks that China wants investments from the West. He joins...