Foreign Policy Live

Larry Summers on China, Russia, and the Global Economy

Apr 14, 2023

36:47

Episode guests

Larry Summers

Highlights

AI Chapters

Episode notes

The Threat to the Dollar

01:38

Introduction

2min

The IMF's Forecast for the Economy This Year

3min

The Fed's Attempt to Cool the Economy Has Contributed to a Banking Crisis

4min

The US and the West Have Handled Sanctions on Russia in Light of Its Invasion of Ukraine

3min

The Importance of Financial Diplomacy

4min

The Right Thing to Do in the Global Financial System

5min

The Importance of Industrial Policy

5min

The Industrial Policy Movement and the Automobile Bailout

2min

The Resilience of the Auto Bailout

5min

10.

The Escalatory Spiral We Seem to Be Locked In

3min

11.

The Future of Technology

5min

Could the United States enter a recession this year? Renowned economist Larry Summers thinks such a scenario is more likely than not. He also thinks the United States’ increasingly hawkish China policy is dangerous for the world. Summers discusses all that and more with host Ravi Agrawal.

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