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> [One of those disturbing tendencies in academic life is that there is a desire on the part of many in the name of open-mindedness to fall into a kind of relativistic denialism in which all positions are equally legitimate, all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-summers/one-of-those-disturbing-tendencies-in-academic-life-is-that-there-is/)

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## More by Lawrence Summers

> [ Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs \[Less Developed Countries\]?... I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-summers/just-between-you-and-me-shouldn-t-the-world-bank-be-encouraging-more/)

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> [I promise you that there are a lot of people involved in various kinds of retail activities who think they have a crucial role…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-summers/i-promise-you-that-there-are-a-lot-of-people-involved-in-various/)

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> [A good rule of thumb for many things in life holds that things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-summers/a-good-rule-of-thumb-for-many-things-in-life-holds-that-things-take/)

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> [In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-summers/in-the-history-of-the-world-no-one-has-ever-washed-a-rented-car/)

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> [I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-summers/i-think-the-economic-logic-behind-dumping-a-load-of-toxic-waste-in/)

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> [There are children who are working in textile businesses in Asia who would be prostitutes on the streets if they did not have those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-summers/there-are-children-who-are-working-in-textile-businesses-in-asia-who/)

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> [I have always thought that underpopulated countries in Africa are vastly underpolluted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-summers/i-have-always-thought-that-underpopulated-countries-in-africa-are/)

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> [It used to be said that when the U.S. sneezed, the world caught a cold. The opposite is equally true today. Our prosperity is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-summers/it-used-to-be-said-that-when-the-u-s-sneezed-the-world-caught-a-cold/)

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> [But ultimately what I was impressed by during my years in government was how much the intellectual climate and the prevailing intellectual notions constrained…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-summers/but-ultimately-what-i-was-impressed-by-during-my-years-in-government/)

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> [All taxes discourage something. Why not discourage bad things like pollution rather than good things like working?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-summers/all-taxes-discourage-something-why-not-discourage-bad-things-like/)

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> [The United States basically accepted protection abroad as the price of post-war recovery. Now, that these countries have caught up to our level of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-summers/the-united-states-basically-accepted-protection-abroad-as-the-price/)

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> [One of those disturbing tendencies in academic life is that there is a desire on the part of many in the name of open-mindedness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-summers/one-of-those-disturbing-tendencies-in-academic-life-is-that-there-is/)

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> [As long as we keep our fundamentals strong...the dollar (and) U.S. borrowing costs will do just fine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-summers/as-long-as-we-keep-our-fundamentals-strong-the-dollar-and-u-s/)

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> [Investment in girls' education may well be the highest-return investment available in the developing world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-summers/investment-in-girls-education-may-well-be-the-highest-return/)

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> [Spread the truth-the laws of economics are like the laws of engineering. One set of laws works everywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-summers/spread-the-truth-the-laws-of-economics-are-like-the-laws-of/)

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