Lawrence Summers

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  President Romney’s Cabinet: Who Would He Choose?

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 25, 2012

  If Gov. Romney wins the election, his Cabinet will take a very different direction on economic policy than Obama’s. Here are some of the choices to head those key posts.

• Beyond the Ivory Tower

  By Ellen Uzelac  |  September 25, 2012

  For three decades, Jim Poterba has studied how taxation affects household and business decision-making. The big takeaway for financial advisors: one size does not fit all.

• U.S. to See Challenges for Top Spot in World Bank

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 21, 2012

  Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria and former Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo of Colombia are expected to be nominated to head the body by the Friday deadline.

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  Larry Summers: Three Ways to Combat Rising Inequality

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  November 21, 2011

  Lawrence Summers, past president at Harvard University, Treasury secretary in the Clinton administration and economic advisor to President Barack Obama, took to the pages of The Washington Post on Monday to decry the growing gap between rich and poor. He then offered three suggestions that he claimed would help distribute...

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  Battle of Keynesians: Krugman Debates Summers on America’s Lost Decade

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  November 15, 2011

  Has America entered an era of persistent economic weakness like the two decades of stagnation Japan has faced since the collapse of its bubble economy in 1991?

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  To Fix Ailing Economy, Increase Demand, Says Summers

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  December 14, 2010

  The former president of Harvard and Treasury Secretary defended the current Administration’s economic policies.

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  Summers to Leave White House Post as Top Economic Advisor

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 22, 2010

  Lawrence Summers is expected to leave his post as director of President Barack Obama's National Economic Council once the fall elections are over.

• Geithner Previews Regulatory Overhaul Plans

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  June 15, 2009

  OpEd sets out Administration's financial services reform goals

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  Where to From Here?: Election 2008

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  December 1, 2008

  Now that Barack Obama has been elected the next President of the United States, the nation's inboxes, airwaves, and TV screens are awash with advice...

• Gender Focus

  By Staff Writer  |  October 1, 2005

  Since January of this year, when Lawrence Summers, president of Harvard University, declared in a speech that women may be genetically less capable in mathematics...