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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Lawrence Summers

Lawrence Summers stories: 23 news summaries

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OPINION

Obama Should Beware 'Best and Brightest'

A la JFK's Cabinet, too often masks poor judgment, inexperience

Dec 7, 08 1:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has won praise for appointing “the best and the brightest” to his Cabinet during a time of war and economic hardship. But all the back-patting sounds a little too familiar, Frank Rich writes in the New York Times. “The stewards of the Vietnam fiasco had... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Vietnam • David Halberstam • John F. Kennedy • Paul Volcker • Robert Rubin • financial crisis • President Obama • Timothy Geithner • Lawrence Summers

 Obama on 
 Economy: 
 My Job 
Starts Now 

Few surprises as president-elect introduces team

Nov 24, 08 12:12 PM CST
(Newser) - When it comes to the economy, Barack Obama says his work begins “right now.” Obama introduced his economic team today; as expected, he designated Timothy Geithner as treasury secretary and Lawrence Summers as director of the National Economic Council. The president-elect said they would begin work immediately on... More »

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Barack Obama • economic stimulus package • financial crisis • President Obama • Timothy Geithner • economic policies • Lawrence Summers

ANALYSIS

 Bernanke's 
 Job Security 
 Hardly Assured 

Fed chief's term is up in 2010, and with Summers in play, another is no certainty

Nov 24, 08 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Economists give Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke a passing grade for his efforts to fight the nation’s financial crisis, but that doesn’t guarantee he’ll keep his job when his appointment expires in 2010, reports the Wall Street Journal. President-elect Barack Obama may have a Fed-chief-in-waiting in Lawrence... More »

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Barack Obama • Ben Bernanke • Federal Reserve • financial crisis • Lawrence Summers

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