The American Economic Association said it had accepted Summers’ resignation and banned him for life from “attending, speaking at, or otherwise participating” in its events.
The American Economic Association said it had accepted Summers’ resignation and banned him for life from “attending, speaking at, or otherwise participating” in its events.
BOSTON Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers was banned for life Tuesday from an academic society in the latest fallout over recently released emails showing he maintained a friendly relationship with Jeffrey Epstein after the disgraced financier pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor.
The American Economic Association, a nonprofit scholarly association dedicated to economic research, said it had accepted Summers’ resignation and banned him for life from “attending, speaking at, or otherwise participating” in its events.
“The AEA condemns Mr.
