U.S. Debt Prioritization Won’t Work

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Frank and Denie Weil Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government

Charles W. Eliot University Professor

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U.S. Debt Prioritization Won’t Work. Lawrence Summers, October 21, 2015, Video. "Harvard University President Emeritus Lawrence Summers talks with Betty Liu about the nation's looming debt ceiling limit, the strength of the U.S. economy and the threat of a recession and the public and private investment in the United States. He speaks at the Creating Long-Term Value event hosted by the Center for American Progress on Bloomberg Markets." Link

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