“Many children are taught to believe in God. I came to believe in the power of systems analysis.”
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Famous Lawrence Summers Quotes
“Start with the idea that you can't repeal the laws of economics. Even if they are inconvenient.”
“In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car.”
“The only antidote to dangerous ideas is strong alternatives vigorously advocated.”
“I have always thought that underpopulated countries in Africa are vastly underpolluted.”
“Contagion has become very much a phenomenon, and it's a phenomenon of globalization.”
“It certainly was difficult to sell NAFTA because it's always difficult to sell open markets.”
“In politics, as in poetry, it is sometimes true that it is darkest before dawn.”
“The availability of private insurance provides tremendous insulation for millions of individuals”
“Most investors want to do today what they should have done yesterday.”
“Deflation and secular stagnation are the risks of our time.”
Source: Investing in All the People: Educating Women in Developing Countries