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...David I. Laibson ’88, Professor of Economics...
...Laibson says the issue is not one of an imbalance of the power held by FAS compared to the president—a problem many say a collegial model would solve—but one of a need for a different mode of communication between Summers...
...complaints from some faculty...are not so much about mis-balance but about a style of communication and a quality of discourse,” Laibson says. “We need to find a communication style that makes everyone feel comfortable at the table...
Goldin and Laibson requested signatures only from tenured professors, they said, because they did not want the letter to be subject to suspicion that junior faculty, who could one day have their tenure applications come before Summers, were coerced into signing...
...Professor of Economics Claudia Goldin and Professor of Economics David I. Laibson drafted a letter last week in support of Summers and informally distributed it to other tenured professors, requesting that they sign the letter and pass it on to more colleagues. As of last night, 186 professors have signed the letter. (Please see page A15 for the full text of the letter...