Lawrence H. Summers speaking at PIIE on September 18, 2023 PIIE/Nia Kitchin
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What should the 2023 Washington Consensus be?

In the inaugural Richard N. Cooper Lecture at PIIE, Lawrence H. Summers criticized US economic policymakers for abandoning the commitment to free trade, open markets, and efficiencies that have yielded prosperity, global stability, and consumer benefits in the decades since World War II.

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