Name: Larry Summers on government regulation
Uploaded: 2008-10-24T08:27:29-04:00
Duration: 3 min 16 s
Description: A former Treasury Secretary, Lawrence Summers sees the value in smart regulations.

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Lawrence H. Summers

Lawrence H. Summers is an American economist. He is the Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard University, where he became one of the university's youngest tenured[…]

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