Author Profile
Lawrence Summers
1954 • American • Economist
23
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 23 quotesI promise you that there are a lot of people involved in various kinds of retail activities who think they have a crucial role in the economy, and they're right.— Lawrence Summers
We are inheriting the worst financial system since the Depression. We're inheriting a situation - when people go back and study major banking crises a quarter century from now, the one that America developed in 2007 and 2008 is going to be one of those crises.— Lawrence Summers
I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to it.— Lawrence Summers
The availability of private insurance provides tremendous insulation for millions of individuals.— Lawrence Summers