Lawrence H. Summers

Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard. Secretary of the Treasury for President Clinton and Director of NEC for President Obama

[Lawrence H. Summers @LHSummers]

@exnx @MichaelPoli6 @Massastrello @athmsx @RadicalNumerics R u an investor

[Lawrence H. Summers @LHSummers]

I found this article by a former Harvard Crimson President very disturbing. The moral bankruptcy that led the Crimson to endorse BDS some time ago, without subsequent withdrawal, appears to have spread to the news pages. 

(I have shared Stoll's article to several at the Crimson without substantive response and this tracks with the things I have observed.) 

Many of the students I have engaged with at the Crimson have high integrity and smarts but I do hope alumni trustees will investigate and take any necessary steps lest a problematic situation deteriorate further.  

https://t.co/lhwG2GKoeD

[Lawrence H. Summers @LHSummers]

Read my piece “The China Economic Challenge: Strength, Fragility, and the Limits of Isolation” emanating from the discussions at the 2025 @AspenStrategy Group Workshop on U.S.-China relations. https://t.co/pM4N3crW7I

[Lawrence H. Summers @LHSummers]

RIP Setti Warren, Director of @HarvardIOP. Setti cared like few others for students. While he was a committed to progressive issues, he worked tirelessly to assure balance at the IOP. The @Kennedy_School will not be the same without him.

[Harvard Kennedy School @Kennedy_School]

It's with profound sadness we share that Setti Warren, Director of the Institute of Politics, has passed away. Setti was a beloved member of our community, and we're devastated by this heartbreaking news. https://t.co/ijCzvyGFPP

[Lawrence H. Summers @LHSummers]

Today on @CBSSunday: Universities address challenges to free speech
"University Presidents are facing tougher problems now than in any period since the Vietnam War period 50 years ago."
https://t.co/K44cTbMAbA via @CBSNews

[Lawrence H. Summers @LHSummers]

Chair Powell signaling a return to data dependence, to being agnostic about what is going to happen next --that was exactly the right thing to do.
The @federalreserve can have much more of a durable impact on inflation than it can on unemployment, given deficits, given AI spending.
We are probably at or below the neutral rate of interest. There is no reason to be committed into further rate cutting in this environment. @BloombergTV #Wall Street Week.
https://t.co/RweeIA0X6V

[Bloomberg TV @BloombergTV]

Former Treasury Secretary @LHSummers says he's happy the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping didn't "spiral out of control into massive confrontation and economic conflict." Watch "Wall Street Week" Friday at 6 p.m. ET https://t.co/7m8ESmddIP

[Bloomberg TV @BloombergTV]

Former Treasury Secretary @LHSummers says he's happy the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping didn't spiral out of control into "massive confrontation and economic conflict."

Tune into Wall Street Week on Fridays at 6pm ET https://t.co/NI0LK5zCbj

[Bloomberg TV @BloombergTV]

Former US Treasury Secretary @LHSummers says he was "very gratified" with Javier Milei's party's success in Argentina's legislative elections. Watch more on "Wall Street Week," Friday at 6 p.m. ET https://t.co/xNyIgm9zea

[Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government @HarvardBizGov]

In case you missed it, courtesy of our friends at the @HarvardIOP

Gina Raimondo and @HarvardBizGov Director @LHSummers explored the impact of industrial policy on the U.S. econom in this recent conversation at the Forum. Watch the conversation here -

https://t.co/bcD8G4c0dq

[Peterson Institute @PIIE]

Tune in all day on October 31 for our conference on central bank independence in practice, featuring @LHSummers, @JohnHCochrane, Richard H. Clarida, Roger W. Ferguson Jr., Charles L. Evans, & more.
Agenda & register to watch here: https://t.co/q9lPuhe3hD

[Lawrence H. Summers @LHSummers]

. @HarvardChanSPH, through its FXB Center, has failed to maintain even the most minimal intellectual and moral standards. The FXB Center on a continuing basis platforms supporters of terror, foments anti semitism, willfully ignores Hamas atrocities and distorts plain facts. I am disgusted that despite repeated requests university leadership has not even spoken critically, let alone acted, to maintain moral and intellectual quality.

[Lawrence H. Summers @LHSummers]

Join us tonight at 7pm @HarvardIOP for a discussion with @GinaRaimondo

[Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government @HarvardBizGov]

As part of a week of events revolving around the future of U.S. industrial policy and #economic security, don't miss this Forum event with our friends at the @HarvardIOP featuring Fmr. Commerce Secretary & RI Governor @GinaRaimondo and moderator @LHSummers, Director of @HarvardBizGov. Secure your spot in person for HUID Holders or tune in to the livestream! https://t.co/QYXDFnFoHI

[Lawrence H. Summers @LHSummers]

Today. 1:30pm ET ⁦@Kennedy_School⁩ in Nye B. Join us for a discussion on executing industrial policy: lessons from CHIPS Act.

[Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government @HarvardBizGov]

Don't miss your chance to join leading voices at the Industrial Policy and Economic Security Conference on October 22, 2025. Learn about emerging challenges in #industrialpolicy, #economic security, #nationalsecurity and global supply chains. Attend in person at @Kennedy_School (with an HUID) or virtually via Zoom (Public).

With -
@crmiller1, The @FletcherSchool and author, Chip War

Jonathan Pelson, author, Wireless Wars: China's Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We're Fighting Back

Mike Schmidt, Distinguished Visitor at @Princeton University and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the @IFP

Richard Aboulafia, Managing Director, @AeroDynamicAdv

John Haigh, Co-Director, @HarvardBizGov

@mazzocco_ilaria, deputy director and senior fellow, Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the @CSISCBE

Elaine Buckberg, Senior Fellow, @HarvardSalata

Kristen Vekasi, Mansfield Chair of Japanese and Indo-Pacific Affairs, @umontana

@kellysgallagher, Dean, The @FletcherSchool

@BrianCDeese, Institute Innovation Fellow, @MIT

Robert Zoellick, Senior Fellow, @BelferCenter

@danwwang, Author, Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future
Running the Right AI Race: A National Strategy for AI Diffusion

Jeffrey Ding, Assistant Professor, @GWTweets

@JasonFurman, Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy, @Kennedy_School & @HarvardBizGov affiliate

Jake Sullivan, former U.S. National Security Advisor to President Joe Biden

@LHSummers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor, President Emeritus at @Harvard University and Director, @HarvardBizGov

Learn more about this event + others, & register -
https://t.co/LEFjINQqMd

[Lawrence H. Summers @LHSummers]

Now that Israel's attacks on Gaza have ended but large scale violence is continuing-- perpetrated by Hamas--I will be watching to see how much concern is expressed by pro-Palestine groups. If there is none, it will confirm my suspicions about underlying antisemitic motivations.

[Lawrence H. Summers @LHSummers]

Prediction markets are a very useful tool. What markets do--markets where people can place a bet or take a position--is they enable you to get access to a kind of consensus opinion where people aren't just talking but they have to put their money where their mouth is. @BloombergTV #WallStreetWeek

https://t.co/w4zdoMq5tx

[Lawrence H. Summers @LHSummers]

I’m withholding judgment at this point about the Trump Administration's rescue plan for Argentina, but I am nervous about the approach that’s being pursued. The
tactics used in this bailout are new and raise questions, and we’ll have to see how it all plays out over time. https://t.co/bH7TygCbGO

[Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government @HarvardBizGov]

Don't miss your chance to join leading voices at the Industrial Policy and Economic Security Conference on October 22, 2025. Learn about emerging challenges in #industrialpolicy, #economic security, #nationalsecurity and global supply chains. Attend in person at @Kennedy_School (with an HUID) or virtually via Zoom (Public).

With -
@crmiller1, The @FletcherSchool and author, Chip War

Jonathan Pelson, author, Wireless Wars: China's Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We're Fighting Back

Mike Schmidt, Distinguished Visitor at @Princeton University and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the @IFP

Richard Aboulafia, Managing Director, @AeroDynamicAdv

John Haigh, Co-Director, @HarvardBizGov

@mazzocco_ilaria, deputy director and senior fellow, Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the @CSISCBE

Elaine Buckberg, Senior Fellow, @HarvardSalata

Kristen Vekasi, Mansfield Chair of Japanese and Indo-Pacific Affairs, @umontana

@kellysgallagher, Dean, The @FletcherSchool

@BrianCDeese, Institute Innovation Fellow, @MIT

Robert Zoellick, Senior Fellow, @BelferCenter

@danwwang, Author, Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future
Running the Right AI Race: A National Strategy for AI Diffusion

Jeffrey Ding, Assistant Professor, @GWTweets

@JasonFurman, Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy, @Kennedy_School & @HarvardBizGov affiliate

Jake Sullivan, former U.S. National Security Advisor to President Joe Biden

@LHSummers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor, President Emeritus at @Harvard University and Director, @HarvardBizGov

Learn more about this event + others, & register -
https://t.co/LEFjINQqMd

[Lawrence H. Summers @LHSummers]

Ford CEO Jim Farley’s idea of the “essential economy” is a good one and represents an important departure from a fashionable idea: the fetishization of manufacturing. By broadening the concept to include fixing and moving as well as making, it becomes more plausible and inclusive. In all our emphasis on higher education, science and technology, and the knowledge economy of bits and bytes, we have lost sight of the fact that the work people do with their hands is crucial to the livelihood of tens of millions of Americans. @DavidWestin #WallStreetWeek @BloombergTV

[Bloomberg TV @BloombergTV]

Is America overlooking the “essential economy"? Ford CEO Jim Farley and @LHSummers think so — and say moving, fixing and building is just as crucial as tech and ideas. Watch "Wall Street Week" Friday at 6 p.m. ET https://t.co/zPTEt5pOFW