A Conversation With Larry Summers

A wide-ranging conversation with Lawrence H. Summers, former Treasury Secretary of the United States and former President of Harvard University. Summers discussed the economic challenges facing U.S. policymakers, including the growing fiscal deficit, the geopolitical rivalry with China, the coming disruption caused by AI, the recent debate about intellectual diversity in the academy, and more. The conversation was moderated by Douglas Irwin, John French Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College and Co-Director of Political Economy Project.