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Nov 17, 2025 Bulwark Takes
JVL and Sam Stein take on Larry Summers embarrassing Epstein emails, Summers long-running influence in Democratic circles, the fallout inside Harvard and CAP, and the absurdity of a Treasury Secretary asking a convicted predator for dating tips.
OAITW r.2.0
(32,133 posts)Solly Mack
(96,942 posts)Kid Berwyn
(24,393 posts)From Larry Summers, thats saying something.
Bill Clinton was going to privatize Social Security until, uh, Fate stopped him.
https://wap.democraticunderground.net/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1751768
niyad
(132,440 posts)the responders, has posted since 2016 or early 2017.
And it seems like both that linked OP, and the majority of the responses to it, are of the "bashing Democrats" variety.
Kid Berwyn
(24,393 posts)As for Larry "What Would Goldman Think?" Summers, he deserves it.
Great Moments in Bi-Partisanship: The Signing of Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999
https://www.democraticunderground.com/12512201368
I can understand why the rich would want to buy and run the Democratic Party as another arm of Capitalism, Inc. The thing is, they already own a party: The Republicans. Personally, I want them to keep money out of politics, but until that day, I prefer Democrats who not only talk Democratically, they act Democratically.
markodochartaigh
(5,545 posts)should an economically embarassed nation need to be given the ol' shakedown for the benefit of hedge funds?
https://cepr.net/publications/larry-summers-poor-memory-on-the-imf/
RockCreek
(1,471 posts)NO woman. or guy who respects women. should be expected to sit through a class given by a mysogynist. Let alone be evaluated and graded by him.
He needs to be removed from the classroom, yesterday.
niyad
(132,440 posts)milestogo
(23,082 posts)elleng
(141,926 posts)rampartd
(4,632 posts)i wonder how many of Epstein's clients took advantage of the third way deregulation to take down the global economy in 2008?