I found this statement, In Our Name, by the Columbia University Jewish student community compelling. With the details changed it speaks for what I know are the views and values of Harvard's Jewish community and the Jewish communities at many other universities.…

Thank you Sheryl Sandberg for your important work on #ScreamsBeforeSilence which documents the horrific violence Hamas committed and the suffering of the survivors and those who were lost on October 7th. We cannot and should not look away. We can and should debate Middle East…

I was delighted to see my Alma mater MIT eliminate required diversity statements. Of course achieving a diverse faculty, including on ideology, is important but requiring statements of fealty from faculty job candidates is an affront to almost every academic freedom value.…

'I think the chair is making a mistake,' says Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers of Jerome Powell being more confident about policy than is warranted.

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Given the massive size of the capital markets, I think the evidence is reasonably clear intervention doesn’t work — even in the scales that the Japanese engaged. It’s just overwhelmed by the broad magnitude of private sector capital flows. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

I agree w my congressman, Democrat Jake Auchincloss, that Harvard is in ongoing violation of Federal anti-discrimination laws. bostonherald.com/2024/05/02/auc…

This morning’s ECI and housing price inflation figures confirm what I have suspected and feared. Inflation is not securely trending to target levels.

Note that the ECI has accelerated from previous quarterly, semi-annual and annual levels. I suspect it has been understating…

As protests spread to campuses across the United States, Harvard President Emeritus Lawrence H. Summers weighs in on how college and university leaders should respond.

Tonight. Live at 8:05pm ET. Talking with Anderson Cooper 360° CNN about protests on college campuses.

Academic Munich (a phrase coined by great Harvard Dean Henry Rosovsky) fits this moment. I am beyond appalled that Harvard leadership was unable to prevent a Palestinian flag from being…

Harvard capitulation to those advocating actions that are antisemitic in effect if not intent continues.

President Garber is obviously right about a high bar to police action. I would say a very high bar is appropriate. In my view protests so far fall short of warranting any…

I think it is a profound failure that Harvard Yard continues to be occupied in clear violation of university policies and rules.

This is the predictable culmination of the Harvard Corporation’s failure to effectively address issues of prejudice and breakdowns of order on our…

New Episode with Lawrence H. Summers out today!
Jim sits down with the renowned economist to talk recent US financial history and the current state of the global economy. As always, let us know what you think!

My wife Elisa New’s documentary series Poetry In America is premiering new episodes on #PBS . Watch David Axelrod, @kristolconvos, and Andrea Mitchell explore 1960s D.C. through Robert Lowell's poem “July in Washington.” bit.ly/3xOQuJP

In The World Is Still on Fire - Lawrence H. Summers & N.K. Singh on behalf of IEG offer a devastating review of the failure of dev finance in 2023.
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Chartbook Newsltter 277 reviews this remarkable prise de conscience
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For the last several years, world leaders have made and broken big promises to mitigate the climate crisis and help the poorest countries. Is it any wonder that popular distrust and disillusionment are on the rise? write Lawrence H. Summers and N. K. Singh. bit.ly/4cQSHVb

.Lawrence H. Summers tells Catherine Rampell, “We need to be raising taxes, not just to cover for any new tax cuts, but also to hold off the huge accumulation of debt that we are suffering.'

.Lawrence H. Summers offers his praise for the Budget Lab at Yale, “It's both going to inform current debates and it's going to establish procedures and practices that will ultimately come to be incorporated in the standard work of government.'

.Lawrence H. Summers and Natasha Sarin join Washington Post Live to offer their insights on the current state of the U.S. economy, America’s tax policies and the future of the national debt. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Live at 12:00 p.m. ET: Former treasury secretary Lawrence H. Summers & Yale Law School professor Natasha Sarin share their insights about America’s tax policies, the future of the national debt & the current state of the U.S. economy.

Watch here: wapo.st/useconomyapril…

Today. Live at noon. Talking with Natasha Sarin The Budget Lab and Catherine Rampell about the US economy, tax policy and our national debt. Sign up ⁦Washington Post Live⁩ to join us. washingtonpost.com/washington-pos…