Larry Summers, president emeritus and professor at Harvard College, throughout an interview in New York on September 17, 2025.
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The famed economist Larry Summers, not for the primary time, finds himself on the middle of a scandal. He’s needed to take a go away from Harvard, the place he teaches, due to embarrassing e-mails he exchanged together with his late buddy Jeffrey Epstein.
I talked to financial journalist and Nation contributor Doug Henwood, a long-time Summers watcher, concerning the profession of this controversial and influential determine. Summers has been probably the most influential coverage makers of his period, serving as treasury secretary and president of Harvard. He has additionally embodied the key mental and political limitations of the ruling class.
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