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Fora.tv broadcast an interesting conversation with Havard professor and former US Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers on the state of the world economy. Click below to watch what Summers had to say. Lawrence H. Summers on the State of the Global Economy from The Asia Society on FORA.tv
Professor Larry Summers of Harvard University discusses economic policy on both sides of the Atlantic and attacks the intellectual foundation of austerity. This keynote speech was recorded at the Policy Network conference ‘The Quest for Growth’ held at the London Stock Exchange on 6th September 2012.
English is the dominant language of the Internet, business, and world trade. Do we need another? This column applies an economist’s rationale to the question. “I don’t speak English. Kurdish I speak, and Turkish, and gypsy language. But I don’t speak barbarian languages.” “Barbarian languages?” “English! German! Ya! French! All the barbarian”. —Yasar Kemal, a [...]
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