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Larry Summers: The Stimulus Pays For Itself

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 03.23.2012

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Larry Summers says the stimulus can take care of itself. Summers, who served as President Obama's top economic adviser until last year, has co-aut...

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For My Mother: Don't Let Larry Summers Lead the World Bank

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.22.2012

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I think a basic job requirement of leading a major international development institution is that you have an expansive view of human potential. I think the record shows that Larry Summers does not meet this standard, and therefore he is not qualified to lead the World Bank.

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With Larry Summers' World Bank Bid in Trouble, Mexico Insists on Open Process

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.19.2012

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President Obama should ask Geithner for a completely new short list, one with three real candidates who all want the job, and all of whom can pass muster with the member countries of the World Bank.

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The Latest Reason Larry Summers Is Unpopular

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.24.2012

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Larry Summers is in the running to head the World Bank. But according to tens of thousands of people that recently signed a petition, he's not the man...

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Obama Considering Larry Summers For World Bank Chief

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 01.18.2012

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President Barack Obama is considering naming Larry Summers, his former top economic advisor, as head of the World Bank, Bloomberg reports, citing "two...

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Larry Summers Disses 'A**hole' Winklevoss Twins

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 09.19.2011

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In The Social Network, a Hollywood portrayal of how Facebook got its start, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss enter then-Harvard President Larry Summers' o...

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Larry Summers To Return To Harvard After Leaving White House

The Washington Post | Felicia Sonmez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lawrence Summers, President Obama's former top economic adviser, is returning to Harvard University this month to resume his teaching and academic res...

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Summers Out, Could Geithner and Rubin Be Next?

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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The call for Geithner and Rubin to go will continue loud and long. The real and perceived misery level of the middle class appears likely to continue to rise.

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Summers Ignored Warnings, Lost $1.8 Billion In Harvard Investments

Boston Globe | Posted 05.25.2011

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It happened at least once a year, every year. In a roomful of a dozen Harvard University financial officials, Jack Meyer, the hugely successful head o...

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Larry Summers, Robert Rubin: Will The Harvard Shadow Elite Bankrupt The University And The Country?

Harry R. Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

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The modern power elites thrive by forgetting any regrettable past. This amnesia is easy at Harvard, where the legal fiduciaries operate in secret and need not answer for their acts.

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Harvard Swaps

bloomberg.com | Michael McDonald, John Lauerman, and Gillian Wee | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harvard's swaps, which assumed that interest rates would rise, proved so toxic that the 373-year-old institution agreed to pay banks a total of almost...

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Cornel West INTERVIEW: Don't Appoint Larry Summers As An Economic Adviser And Tell Me You're Progressive (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an interview with Democracy Now's Amy Goodman, Dr. Cornel West discusses his long-awaited memoir "Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud." It's...

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Nassim Taleb Rips Summers, Geithner, Bernanke (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of earliest and most outspoken experts who warned of disaster before the nation plunged into an economic crisis called out the president Monday fo...

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Ex-Harvard Employee: Warning Larry Summers Of Risky Investments Got Me Fired

Boston Globe | Posted 05.25.2011

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Back in 2002, a new employee of Harvard University's endowment manager named Iris Mack wrote a letter to the school's president, Lawrence Summers, tha...

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