Reflections on Economic Policy in a Time of Crisis (Audio)
Listen to National Economic Council Director Lawrence H. Summers explain the Obama administration's short and long term actions to mitigate...
Speaker: Lawrence H. Summers, Director, National Economic Council; Assistant to the President for Economic Policy
Presider: Carla A. Hills, Chairman and CEO, Hills & Company; Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations
June 12, 2009
This session was part of the 2009 National Conference, which was underwritten by a grant in memory of Peter E. Haas.
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