Sheryl Sandberg’s encomium to her mentor, Lawrence Summers, could hardly have been more effusive. Summers has found himself in perhaps the biggest mess of his life – much of it of his own making. Jonathan Parker, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), said Summers’ “creepy abuse of his professional power” was “infuriating”. [ Larry Summers, former US Treasury secretary, slammed Trump in Epstein emailsOpens in new window ]Still, few would question his brilliance as an economist. After his stint at the World Bank, he joined the government, working as treasury secretary Robert Rubin’s deputy in the Clinton administration.

Source: The Irish Times November 24, 2025 08:35 UTC