Larry Summers

摘要

LARRY SUMMERS IS KNOWN FOR being mercurial, but in my numerous interactions with him I never saw that side of his personality. Until recently. I had always liked Summers, the erstwhile Harvard University president who served as chief economist at the World Bank, Treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, and economic adviser to President Obama before returning to Harvard as a professor. The first time I called him,in 1990,I was a reporter at Reuters and wanted to interview him for a story. He said he was too busy but that he'd love to speak with me in the future.