Larry Summers

President-elect Barack Obama, at a press conference in Chicago today, announced his economic team, a group he says will offer “both sound judgment and fresh thinking, both a depth of experience and a wealth of bold new ideas.” The team:
Tim Geithner – Secretary of the Treasury
Larry Summers – Director of the National Economic Council
Christine Romer [...]

On Tuesday, Bloomberg’s Washington executive editor, Albert R. Hunt, wrote that one presidential candidate showed a “steady hand” in dealing with the crisis in financial markets — and it wasn’t John McCain. It’s a theme that’s getting traction, with Barack Obama running a new ad pointing out McCain’s failings and conservative columnist George Will piling [...]