University Professor Lawrence H. Summers served as President of Harvard University from 2001 to 2006. Dr. Summers has taught on the faculty at Harvard and MIT and has served in a series of senior public policy positions, including as a political economist for the President's Council of Economic Advisers, chief economist of the World Bank, and Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. In 1993 he received the John Bates Clark Medal, given every two years to the outstanding American economist under the age of 40. Mr. Summers received his B.S. from MIT and his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard.

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• Interview on CBS's GPS hosted by Fareed Zakaria, July 13, 2008.
• Interview with Leslie Stahl on CBS News' 60 Minutes, April 7, 2008.
• Interview for NPR's On Point with Tom Ashbrook, April 3, 2008. (Audio Stream)
• Testimony to the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress regarding the proposed Fiscal Stimulus Package, January 16, 2008.
• The State of the U.S. Economy: Risk of Recession, Prospects for Policy, delivered at the Brookings Institute, December 19, 2007.(Also available in Chinese.)
• Remarks from the International Tax Forum and Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center: "Who Pays the Corporate Tax in an Open Economy?", December 18, 2007.
• Remarks from the World Bank Treasury Sovereign Investor's Forum, September 11, 2007.
• Appearance on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, August 26, 2007.
• Appearance on the Charlie Rose Show, August 21, 2007.
• Interview on NPR's On Point with Tom Ashbrook, June 18, 2007. (AUDIO via Windows Media Player or Real Player).
• Second Annual K B Lall Memorial Lecture delivered at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), April 17, 2007 (as delivered, edited for clarity).
• 2007 Snyder Lecture on higher education, delivered at Tufts University, March 14, 2007. (VIDEO, realplayer required)
• Testimony delivered at the Hearing of the Senate Finance Committee, Washington, D.C., March 8, 2007 (as prepared)
• Testimony delivered at the Hearing of the Joint Economic Committee, Washington, D.C., January 31, 2007. (as prepared)
• Remarks at the Hamilton Project and Brookings Institution Forum: Promoting Opportunity and Growth Through Science, Technology and Innovation, December 5, 2006.
• Remarks at Opening of Stem Cell Leadership Summit, Boston, October 13, 2006.
• "Asia and the Emerging Global Financial System", Asia Society, Hong Kong, September 2006.
• "Reflections on Global Account Imbalances and Emerging Markets Reserve Accumulation", L.K. Memorial Lecture, Mumbai, March 24, 2006.

• "What we can do in this dangerous moment" Financial Times, June 29, 2008.
• "Six principles for a new regulatory order" Financial Times, June 1, 2008.
• "A strategy to promote healthy globalisation" Financial Times, May 4, 2008.
• "America needs to make a new case for trade" Financial Times, April 27, 2008.
• "Steps that can safeguard America's economy," Financial Times, March 31, 2008.
• "America needs a way to stem foreclosures," Financial Times, February 24, 2008.
• "Beyond fiscal stimulus, further action is needed," Financial Times, January 27, 2008.
• "Wake up to the dangers of a deepening crisis," Financial Times, November 25, 2007.
• "How to handle the falling dollar," Financial Times, October 28, 2007.
• "Beware moral hazard fundamentalists," Financial Times, September 24, 2007.
• "This is where Fannie and Freddie step in," Financial Times, August 26, 2007.
• "Funds that shake capitalist logic," Financial Times, July 29, 2007.
• "Harness market forces to share prosperity," Financial Times, June 24, 2007.
• "Practical steps to climate control," Financial Times, May 28, 2007.