Reply #76: Certainly goes along with putting Larry Summers in charge of "restructuring" the American economy

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That is Summers' area of special expertise, after all. I wouldn't rule out your notion.

P.S. - Summers is leaving! In mid-September he announced he was going back to Harvard, where he can spread his wisdom. He will forever be remembered for this contribution to the Washington dialogue on trade:

Larry Summers, Secretary of the Treasury, testifying before the House Banking Committee on 11 May 2000:

“The suggestion of jobs in the U. S. being exported to China is largely, in the judgment of most who studied the issue, I think, a chimera.”