We must recognise that in an integrated world, trade cannot be divorced from other concerns. We need to promote free trade and serious global efforts with respect to common problems even as we support every nation's right to chart its… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
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… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
I promise you that there are a lot of people involved in various kinds of retail activities who think they have a crucial role… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
A good rule of thumb for many things in life holds that things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car. — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
There are children who are working in textile businesses in Asia who would be prostitutes on the streets if they did not have those… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
I have always thought that underpopulated countries in Africa are vastly underpolluted. — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
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… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
But ultimately what I was impressed by during my years in government was how much the intellectual climate and the prevailing intellectual notions constrained… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
All taxes discourage something. Why not discourage bad things like pollution rather than good things like working? — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
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… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
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… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image