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Larry Summers[edit]

Biography[edit]

American economist, former US Treasury Secretary and President of Harvard University.

School of Thought[edit]

New Keynesian Economics

Notable Quotes[edit]

On Productivity Paradox in Digital Age[edit]

"We may be in a period of secular stagnation where saving chronically exceeds investment."[1]

On Human Capital in Age of AI[edit]

"AI will be the most important general-purpose technology of our era."[2]

On AI Governance and Regulation[edit]

"The central economic issue of our time is the disparity between the rapid pace of technological change and the slow pace of institutional adaptation."[2]

On Deflation and Central Banking[edit]

"We may have to get used to negative real interest rates."[3]

On Universal Basic Income and AI[edit]

"Universal basic income is a surrender to the robots."[4]

References[edit]

  1. Larry Summers, IMF Economic Forum (2013)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Larry Summers, Bloomberg Interview (2023) Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "ref_2023_1" defined multiple times with different content
  3. Larry Summers, Financial Times (2019), June 4, 2019, "The Global Economy's Slow-Motion Crisis"
  4. Larry Summers, Peterson Institute Debate (2020), February 13, 2020