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FT.com / Columnists / Lunch with the FT - Lunch with the FT: Larry Summers
FT.com / Columnists / Lunch with the FT - Lunch with the FT: Larry Summers
Illustration of Larry Summers Larry Summers, director of the US president’s National Economic Council, usually eats at his White House desk or sitting around a nearby table with other members of the economic team. But today, for Lunch with the FT, Summers’ aides have persuaded him to walk down ...
Larry Summers: Slow down in Google searches means economy is recovering
Larry Summers: Slow down in Google searches means economy is recovering
sistertoldjah.com — Blockbuster news : Of all the statistics pouring into the White House every day, top economic adviser Larry Summers highlighted one Friday to make his case that the economic free-fall has ended. The number of people searching for the term ... (more) Larry Summers: Slow down in Google searches means ...
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J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles — ... Chrystia Freeland: Lunch with the FT: Larry Summers Economagic: Browse U.S. Department of Labor Data Paul Krugman: Economists oppose more ...

Summers On Recession: "I Don't Think The Worst Is Over"
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... For this week's installment of their "Lunch with the FT" feature the Financial Times sat down with Larry Summers, director of Obama's National Economic Council, for a wide-ranging talk. When the conversation turned to the current recession in the U.S., Summers did not exude optimism: ...

Recovery As Distraction
Discriminations — It has long seemed to me that President Obama has no interest in economic recovery, except for his recognition that double-digit unemployment poses a threat to his re-election. His interest is in transforming the country, not restoring it to what it was. That perception has now been confirmed by no less an authority than Larry Summers, in an interview with Financial Times: “The president made two things clear to us early on,” recalls Summers, who answers my questions in full, idea-packed paragraphs, rocking gently back and forth in his ...

All Communication All The Time
No Runny Eggs — ... time about all the things he wants to do for America.  Not only that but President Obama has numerous members of his administration out talking all the time about how they are doing. As an example of the Obama administration “all communication, all the time,” look at these insights: First, Joe Biden telling us “the economy was much worse than we expected!” Second, We have Larry Summers telling us “the worse is not over:” Onward, then, ...

President Obama Remaking America Into A Fair Socialist Nation
Dr. Melissa Clouthier — ... But best of all, the majority of the economy will be controlled by guys like Larry Summers, neither vetted, nor confirmed as a cabinet member–a Czar among Czars. When asked about his role by the FT, he says: ...

President Obama Remaking America Into A Fair Socialist Nation
Right Wing News — ... today, I write: This new socialist America, then, will be a more pastoral, gauzy utopia where energy isn't consumed, the environment is pristine, and people will all be equally drone-like and miserable. That may be over-simplifying it some, but that's what I read from Summer's commentary. But best of all, the majority of the economy will be controlled by guys like Larry Summers, neither vetted, nor confirmed as a cabinet member--a Czar among Czars. When asked about his role by the FT , he says: "It is certainly incredible, as intellectually challenging as ...

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