Lawrence Summers

I promise you that there are a lot of people involved in various kinds of retail activities who think they have a crucial role in the economy, and they're right.

Contagion has become very much a phenomenon, and it's a phenomenon of globalization.

But ultimately what I was impressed by during my years in government was how much the intellectual climate and the prevailing intellectual notions constrained and represented the universe within which the discourse took place.

In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car.

There are children who are working in textile businesses in Asia who would be prostitutes on the streets if they did not have those jobs.

Many children are taught to believe in God. I came to believe in the power of systems analysis.

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.

I've always thought that underpopulated countries in Africa are vastly underpolluted.

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.

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

The availability of private insurance provides tremendous insulation for millions of individuals.