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Biden Administration Needs To Count As Well As Care: Summers
May.28 -- Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, a Wall Street Week contributor, says that while public investments are necessary, the Biden administration needs to revise the economic assumptions in its budget. He joins...
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Fed Corrects the Record
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers says Federal Reserve Powell signaled more hawkishness which was warranted given the inflation threat.
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The Fed's Forecast Was Delusional
Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers discusses why he disagrees so vehemently with the Fed's March forecast and why a soft landing won't be easy.
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CLEAN : NASA announces 10 latest astronaut trainees
NASA announces its 10 latest trainee astronauts, who include a firefighter turned Harvard professor, a former member of the national cycle team, and a pilot who led the first-ever all-woman F-22 formation in combat (Footage by AFPTV via...
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Summers Disagrees with Krugman on Fed's Inflation Risk
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers says he disagrees with fellow economist Paul Krugman's argument that the Federal Reserve should bide its time before raising interest rates because inflation will prove transitory and...
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Summers Says Fed Needs Meeting 'Right Now' to End QE
Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers says the Federal Reserve should hold an immediate meeting to end its quantitative easing program to demonstrate its determination to tame inflation. "The Fed should have a special meeting, right...
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What's After the Downturn?
Lawrence Summers, Former US Treasury Secretary, and Melissa Kearney, Aspen Economic Strategy Group Director, on what comes after the potential downturn, and on the risk of running out of workers.
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Summers Calls UK Fiscal Policy 'Naive Wishful Thinking'
Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers says the fiscal policy being adopted by UK Prime Minister Liz Truss is based on "naïve, wishful thinking supply-side economics" and will drive the pound below parity against the US dollar....
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Summers Says U.S. Can't Step Back From Leadership Role
Jun.05 -- Harvard University Charles W. Eliot Professor Lawrence Summers discusses his editorial on the United States' global leadership under President Donald Trump. He speaks with Bloomberg's David Westin on "Bloomberg Daybreak:...
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Rogoff Says U.S. Inflation Will Go to 2% This Year
Jan.24 -- Harvard University Professor Kenneth Rogoff and University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business Professor Laura Tyson discuss U.S. inflation, markets and risks to the global economy. They join Bloomberg's Tom Keene...
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Harvard's Greene Doesn’t See a Massive Inflation Increase From Tariffs
Jun.07 -- Megan Greene, incoming senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School Center for Business and Government, examines the impact of trade tariffs on U.S. economic growth and inflation. She speaks on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas."
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Summers Sees Economic Risks in Trump Tax Reform
Sep.05 -- Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers discusses the economic issues he sees with the type of tax reform being pursued by the Trump Administration. He speaks on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas."
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Harvard's Reinhart Issues an EM Warning for 2019
Nov.20 -- Harvard Kennedy School Professor Carmen Reinhart examines the external factors impacting emerging markets with a focus on China. She speaks with Bloomberg's Jonathan Ferro on "Bloomberg Markets: The Open."
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Trial on Harvard admissions bias suit begins
A federal judge in Boston has begun hearing a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination in Harvard University's admissions.
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Harvard Files Response to Admission-Bias Claim
Jul.27 -- Harvard University assailed a group claiming the school intentionally discriminates against Asian-American applicants, saying in a court filing that the organization offered a “misleading narrative” based on “cherry-picked”...
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Trial on Harvard admissions bias suit begins
A federal judge in Boston has begun hearing a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination in Harvard University's admissions.
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How Markets Are Pricing in an Election Outcome
Oct.23 -- Katie Koch, Goldman Sachs Asset Management co-head of fundamental equity, warns against pricing in an election outcome too aggressively because markets and polls diverge on their prediction of the winner. Lori Heinel, State...
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It Will Be a Difficult Period Ahead for Airlines: Summers
Jun.19 -- Lawrence H. Summers, former U.S. Treasury Secretary, predicts a long slog for airlines as they recover from demand issues in the wake of Covid-19. He cautions that the markets are getting ahead of themselves in pricing in a...
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'New Normal' Is Here Until U.S. Gets Vaccine, Summers Says
Jun.26 -- Lawrence H. Summers, former U.S. Treasury Secretary, cautions that the spike in Covid-19 cases is the reality the U.S. has to deal with until a viable vaccine is available. He criticizes the localized approach to handling the...
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Harvard President Says Online Learning Was Better Than Expected
Jun.02 -- Harvard President Lawrence Bacow says the online learning experience worked better than expected. He appears on "Leadership Live With David Rubenstein" to talk abut how the school dealt with the Covid-19 pandemic.
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We Are Entering Another Period of Revolution, Says Summers
Oct.16 -- Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, a Wall Street Week contributor and adviser to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, says that concerns about deflationary pressures reflect a new paradigm. He joins David...
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Chipmakers Betting Demand Will Maintain When Capacity Added: Willy Shih
Jul.22 -- Willy Shih, professor of management practice of the Harvard Business School, talks with Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde and Romaine Bostick on "What'd You Miss?" about the shortage in semiconductors. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said...
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Trade-in value of Tesla cars holding up better than gas-powered cars: Ark's Cathie Wood
May.08 -- Cathie Wood, ARK Investment Management CEO & CIO, points to the negative effects of low oil prices on the trade-in value of gas-powered cars. She makes the case for adoption of electric vehicles by pointing to the sustained...
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Lack of market reaction to U.S.-China tensions shouldn't make people complacent: Summers
May.29 -- Lawrence H. Summers, former U.S. Treasury Secretary, cautions that we should not take cues on the future of U.S.-China relations from the lack of market reaction. He says that the current strategy teaches China to avoid any...