129 Quotes by Lawrence Summers

If you look at the history of the American capital market, there's probably no innovation more important than the idea of generally accepted accountancy principles.

The only antidote to dangerous ideas is strong alternatives vigorously advocated.

It certainly was difficult to sell NAFTA because it's always difficult to sell open markets.

Investment in girls' education may well be the highest-return investment available in the developing world.

I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to it.

Deflation and secular stagnation are the risks of our time.

Most investors want to do today what they should have done yesterday.

Blaming speculators as a response to financial crisis goes back at least to the Greeks. It's almost always the wrong response.

In politics, as in poetry, it is sometimes true that it is darkest before dawn.