The Age of Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein
On this episode of The Time of Monsters: Doug Henwood on the famed economist as an embodiment of neoliberalism.
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The Age of Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein w/ Doug Henwood | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
The famed economist Larry Summers, not for the first time, finds himself the center of a
scandal. He’s had to take a leave from Harvard, where he teaches, because of embarrassing
emails he had with his late friend Jeffrey Epstein.
I talked to economic journalist and Nation contributor Doug Henwood, a long-time Summers
watcher, about the career of this controversial and influential figure. Summers has been one of
the most influential policy makers of his era, serving as Treasury Secretary and President of
Harvard. He has also embodied the major intellectual and political limitations of the ruling class.
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Larry Summers, president emeritus and professor at Harvard University, during an interview in New York on September 17, 2025.
(Victor J. Blue / Bloomberg via Getty Images)The famed economist Larry Summers, not for the first time, finds himself at the center of a scandal. He’s had to take a leave from Harvard, where he teaches, because of embarrassing e-mails he exchanged with his late friend Jeffrey Epstein.
I talked to economic journalist and Nation contributor Doug Henwood, a long-time Summers watcher, about the career of this controversial and influential figure. Summers has been one of the most influential policy makers of his era, serving as treasury secretary and president of Harvard. He has also embodied the major intellectual and political limitations of the ruling class.
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The Return of McCarthyism w/ Chris Lehmann / The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
Republicans are plummeting in the polls in the lead-up to the midterm thanks to the unpopularity of the Iran War and the attendant inflation. As my Nation colleague Chris Lehmann has noted, in an attempt to shore up their fracturing base, the GOP has decided to label all Democrats as communist, a weird rhetorical move now being made by Donald Trump and his supporters. I talk to Chris about this strange and dangerous development.
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