79 ordspråk av Lawrence Summers
Lawrence Summers
Nothing is done until the language is fully reviewed,
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Our national savings rate is still far too low, driven by a personal savings rate that is not where it should be,
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Our policy on the dollar is unchanged,
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Raising personal savings is an imperative for American families and an imperative for the national economy,
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sharp rise in the price of oil is an important concern for consumers and businesses around the world, and has the potential to hit developing countries particularly hard.
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TARGETING POOR ZIP CODES. This is a clear and unambiguous commitment.
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The dollar cannot and should not be a tool of trade policy.
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The essence of understanding capitalism is to recognize that the interest is not in the survival of particular capitalists, but of the system of capitalism. The most sclerotic economies are those where there never are any shakeouts; there never is any competitive pressure where failure is not a possibility. While shakeouts are painful, they set the stage for redeployment of resources for more productive uses in the future.
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The government has done its part, now it's time that people do their part, ... We have never, in our country, had a moment of economic expansion as strong as the present. So right now it is critical to plan for future.
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The Harvard Crimson did such a good job defending me when I was in trouble, I have full confidence that it can defend the institutional principles of the Ivy League.
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The IMF needs to focus its attention to countries' vulnerability
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The IMF needs to focus on the fact that it and all of us in government are alongside what are now vast private markets, ... Our role needs to be (to) support rather than supplant those private markets and to try to create a framework in which the flow of private capital will be stable.
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The inflation outlook does remain contained and unit labor costs (what it costs companies to employ their workers) continue to reflect he absence of inflation pressures,
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The IRS faces a multitude of restrictions -- restrictions that would be unacceptable in the private sector -- that hamper its ability to provide efficient service,
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The IRS needs to be more responsive to taxpayers, to use technology more effectively and to be more efficient,
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