Faster Quote by Lawrence Summers

“A good rule of thumb for many things in life holds that things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then happen faster than you thought they could.”

Lawrence Summers

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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 think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that... I’ve always though that under-populated countries in Africa are vastly UNDER-polluted,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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

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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…

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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…

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All taxes discourage something. Why not discourage bad things like pollution rather than good things like working?

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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…

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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…

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As long as we keep our fundamentals strong...the dollar (and) U.S. borrowing costs will do just fine.

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