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Many economists are too complacent about current models, but there is no evidence that the profession is in intellectual decline when judged by comparative standards against other disciplines

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Speaker

Lawrence Summers

Evidence Quote

“are there a ton of economists who are much too complacent about the current models? Yeah, I I certainly do think uh that that's true, but thinking of it, I think there's no evidence for the proposition that it's a profession or a discipline in decline.”

Source

Tariffs, Decline, and the Promise of AI | A Conversation with Larry Summers and Niall Ferguson— University of Austin (UATX)
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:36:04 AM

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