Lawrence Summers

Charles W. Eliot University Professor of Harvard University
Kennedy School
Office Address
Littauer-242
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 8
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-9322
Fax: 617-495-0436
Email: Lawrence_Summers@ksg.harvard.edu
Assistant
Julie Shample (617-495-1953)
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Profile

Lawrence H. Summers is Charles W. Eliot University Professor. He served as the 27th president of Harvard University from July 2001 until June 2006. From 1999 to 2001 he served as the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury following his earlier service as Deputy and Under Secretary of the Treasury and as Chief Economist of the World Bank. Prior to his service in Washington, Summers was a professor of economics at Harvard and MIT. His research contributions were recognized when he received the John Bates Clark Medal, given every two years to the outstanding American economist under the age of 40, and when he was the first social scientist to receive the National Science Foundation's Alan T. Waterman Award for outstanding scientific achievement. He is a member of the National Academy of Science. He received his BS from MIT and his PhD in economics from Harvard. Among his other activities, Lawrence Summers writes a monthly column for the Financial Times, coedits the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, and serves as a managing director of D. E. Shaw, a major alternative investment firm. He also serves on a number of not-for-profit and for-profit boards.

 

Courses

Spring

  • ITF-225 The Contents of Globalization: Issues, Actors, and Decisions

Research

Research for a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Book Chapters
    • Summers, Lawrence H. "Foreword." Architectures for Agreement: Addressing Global Climate Change in the Post-Kyoto World. Ed. Joseph E. Aldy and Robert N. Stavins. Cambridge University Press, 2007.
  • Op-Eds
    • Summers, Lawrence H. "American Needs to Make a New Case for Trade." Financial Times, April 28, 2008.
    • Summers, Lawrence H. "Steps that Can Safeguard America’s Economy." Financial Times, March 31, 2008.
    • Summers, Lawrence H. "America Needs a Way to Stem Foreclosures." Financial Times, February 24, 2008.
    • Summers, Lawrence H. "Beyond Fiscal Stimulus, More Action is Needed." Financial Times, January 27, 2008.
    • Summers, Lawrence H. "We Need Greater Transparency." Newsweek International, January 25, 2008.
    • Summers, Lawrence H. "Why America Must Have a Fiscal Stimulus." Financial Times, January 5, 2008.
    • Summers, Lawrence H. "Wake up to the Dangers of a Deepening Crisis." Financial Times, November 26, 2007.
    • Summers, Lawrence H. "U.S. Must Do More to Avert a Recession." Financial Times, November 25, 2007.
    • Summers, Lawrence H. "The Global Middle Cries Out for Reassurance." Financial Times, October 29, 2007.
    • Summers, Lawrence H. "How America Must Handle the Falling Dollar." Financial Times, October 27, 2007.
    • Summers, Lawrence H. "Beware Moral Hazard Fundamentalists." Financial Times, September 24, 2007.
    • Summers, Lawrence H. "This Is Where Fannie and Freddie Step In." Financial Times, August 26, 2007.
    • Summers, Lawrence H. "Funds that Shake Capitalist Logic." Financial Times, July 29, 2007.
    • Summers, Lawrence H. "Harness Market Forces to Share Prosperity." Financial Times, June 25, 2007.
    • Summers, Lawrence H. "Practical Steps to Climate Control." Financial Times, May 28, 2007.
    • Summers, Lawrence H. "We Need to Bring Climate Idealism down to Earth." Financial Times, April 29, 2007.
    • Summers, Lawrence H. "Banking on Asia's Future." Wall Street Journal, April 25, 2007.
    • Summers, Lawrence H. "As America Falters, Policymakers Must Look Ahead." Financial Times, March 25, 2007.
    • Summers, Lawrence H. "History Holds Lessons for China and its Partners." Financial Times, February 25, 2007.
    • Summers, Lawrence H. "Lack of Fear Gives Cause for Concern." Financial Times, December 26, 2006.
    • Summers, Lawrence H. "The Great Liberator: Milton Friedman." International Herald Tribune, November 29, 2006.
  • Research Papers/Reports
    • Panitchpakdi, Supachai (Chair), Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Nobuyuki Idei, Caio Koch-Weser, Justin Yifu Lin, and Lawrence H. Summers. "Towards a New Asian Development Bank in a New Asia." Report of the Eminent Persons Group to the President of the Asian Development Bank, April 2, 2007.
  • Reviews
    • Summers, Lawrence H. "Comments on Richard Zeckhauser's Investing in the Unknown and Unknowable." Capitalism and Society, 1.2 2006.