Tag: Larry Summers

  • Nation & World

    Recalling a pioneer of modern political economy

    Alberto Alesina, the Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy and a member of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), died at age 63.

    7 minutes
    Alberto Alesina.
  • Nation & World

    American economy on the bubble

    As governors weigh when to allow businesses to reopen, Harvard faculty discuss which industries have been helped and hurt by the pandemic, and some of the hurdles surviving businesses will face to reverse their fortunes.

    9 minutes
    Customer picks up order in Waffle House.
  • Nation & World

    Imagination before hubris

    Professor Lawrence Summers tells finance students at Harvard Business School that it will be up to them to reform the financial system from within.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A provost’s view across a decade

    Steven E. Hyman, who is stepping down after leading Harvard’s sweeping expansion into interdisciplinary research, recalls the challenges and changes of his long tenure.

    13 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Heading for Congress

    Twenty-four incoming members of Congress visited the Harvard Kennedy School this week for a four-day conference to help prepare them for their new jobs.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Newsmakers

    Obama names Summers director of National Economic Council; Honorary degree awarded to Professor Wei-Ming Tu; Retsinas honored by the Affordable Housing Hall of Fame; Lu wins grand prize in the 2008 Collegiate Inventors Competition; Business School’s Kanter receives honorary degree from Aalborg University

    3 minutes