US EditionAcademic society bans Larry Summers for life over his close ties to Jeffrey Epstein
The American Economic Association banned Summers for life after emails revealed a decade-long relationship with Epstein, violating professional integrity standards, affecting multiple academic affiliations.
- On Tuesday, the American Economic Association imposed a lifetime ban on Larry Summers, accepting his voluntary resignation and barring him from AEA events and journals.
- Last month, a congressional committee released thousands of files that included emails between Larry Summers and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, showing correspondence until July 5, 2019.
- Emails show Summers sought romantic advice about a `mentee`, his wife Elisa New thanked Epstein for funding her poetry project, and Summers took trips to Epstein's Caribbean island, including their honeymoon.
- Summers stepped down from teaching at Harvard University on November 21 and resigned from the OpenAI board as multiple organizations severed affiliations amid investigations.
- The American Economic Association condemned Larry Summers' conduct as fundamentally inconsistent with its standards of professional integrity and with the trust placed in mentors within the economics profession, while noting Summers is not accused of Epstein's crimes.
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Economic Association Bans Larry Summers for Life
An esteemed economic association has banned former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers for life, citing his ongoing friendship with Jeffrey Epstein even after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor. The nonprofit said Tuesday that it had accepted Summers' resignation and permanently revoked his membership. The 71-year-old, who was...
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers was handed a lifetime ban from the American Economic Association
Business Insider previously reported that Summers would be stepping back from public life after his ties to Epstein became public.Mandel NGAN / AFPFormer Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has been barred from the American Economic Association.The lifetime ban was handed down several weeks after Summers' ties to Jeffrey Epstein became public.Recently released emails show Summers asked Epstein's advice on romantically pursuing a subordinate.Larry S…
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