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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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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.
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House Prices are 'Scary': Summers
Jul.02 -- Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, a Wall Street Week contributor, says the rise in home prices is "scary." He thinks the state of the heating of the housing market makes it difficult to justify the Fed's...
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Summers Urges Fed to Keep Tightening
Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers dives into the September jobs report and explains why the higher numbers were expected. He also dives into the OPEC+ production cut and why there is a crucial need for balanced energy...
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Recession Expectations
Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers discusses the outlook for monetary policy and why he believes a recession is "almost inevitable."
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What's at Stake in Bias Lawsuit Against Harvard
Oct.15 -- Anna Ivey, founder of Ivey Consulting, discusses Harvard's fight against a lawsuit claiming it illegally limits the number of Asian-Americans it accepts. She speaks with Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg Markets: The Close."
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More to Fear From Microbes Than From Xi Jinping: Summers
Apr.16 -- Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, a Wall Street Week contributor, says that the U.S. And the rest of the developed world has a responsibility to help low and middle-income countries recover from the pandemic,...
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What the Coronavirus Outbreak Means for Pandemic Bonds
Feb.26 -- Olga Jonas, Harvard Global Health Institute senior fellow, discusses the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the World Bank's pandemic bonds with Bloomberg's Romaine Bostick, Scarlet Fu and Joe Weisenthal on "Bloomberg...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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Summers & Ferguson Debate What Causes Inflation
Mar.12 -- Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, a Wall Street Week contributor, thinks there is a one-third chance that the Federal Reserve's reaction to inflation caused by stimulus could spook markets and spark a...
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Economist Vs. Historian on Controlling the Spread of Covid-19
Oct.30 -- Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, a Wall Street Week contributor and adviser to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, warns that there's no way of knowing how long the pandemic will last. Hoover...
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Summers: 'Misguided' MMT Acolytes Should Eye Turkey's Woes
Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers says supporters of modern monetary theory should consider Turkey's economic troubles following its central bank's shift to an ultra-loose monetary policy. "President Erdogan is the world's...
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Summers Sees Consensus Building on U.S. Recession Call
Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers says that the consensus among economists will increasingly fall in line with the U.S. tipping into a recession next year. "Recession in the next couple of years is clearly more likely than not....