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=== On Productivity Paradox in Digital Age === | === On Productivity Paradox in Digital Age === | ||
"We may be in a period of secular stagnation where saving chronically exceeds investment."<ref name="ref_2013_1">Larry Summers, ''IMF Economic Forum'' (2013)</ref> | |||
=== On Human Capital in Age of AI === | === On Human Capital in Age of AI === | ||
"AI will be the most important general-purpose technology of our era."<ref name="ref_2023_1">Larry Summers, ''Bloomberg Interview'' (2023)</ref> | |||
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=== On AI Governance and Regulation === | === On AI Governance and Regulation === | ||
"The central economic issue of our time is the disparity between the rapid pace of technological change and the slow pace of institutional adaptation."<ref name="ref_2023_1">Larry Summers, ''Peterson Institute Speech'' (2023), September 14, 2023</ref> | |||
=== On Deflation and Central Banking === | === On Deflation and Central Banking === | ||
"We may have to get used to negative real interest rates."<ref name="ref_2019_1">Larry Summers, ''Financial Times'' (2019), June 4, 2019, "The Global Economy's Slow-Motion Crisis"</ref> | |||
=== On Universal Basic Income and AI === | === On Universal Basic Income and AI === | ||
"Universal basic income is a surrender to the robots."<ref name="ref_2020_1">Larry Summers, ''Peterson Institute Debate'' (2020), February 13, 2020</ref> | |||
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Larry Summers
Biography
American economist, former US Treasury Secretary and President of Harvard University.
School of Thought
New Keynesian Economics
Notable Quotes
On Productivity Paradox in Digital Age
"We may be in a period of secular stagnation where saving chronically exceeds investment."[1]
On Human Capital in Age of AI
"AI will be the most important general-purpose technology of our era."[2]
References
Additional Notable Quotes
On AI Governance and Regulation
"The central economic issue of our time is the disparity between the rapid pace of technological change and the slow pace of institutional adaptation."[1]
On Deflation and Central Banking
"We may have to get used to negative real interest rates."[2]
On Universal Basic Income and AI
"Universal basic income is a surrender to the robots."[3]