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Critics of Summers have long targeted a provocative internal memo he signed during his time as chief economist at the World Bank. The memo created a controversy when it was leaked nine years ago to The Economist, and with Summers' recent appointment as president-elect at Harvard, the debate has reemerged...
...memo laid out a detailed argument about why the World Bank should encourage the export of toxic waste to the Third World, acquiring the nickname the "Toxic Waste Memo...
Hindsight has indicated that the memo was actually written by a subordinate at the bank, and some argue that it was meant ironically. Nevertheless, critics of Summers and the bank have railed against...
...past, Summers has said that the memo was meant to provoke discussion within his department at the bank, but he has also apologized for its content on other occasions...
Indeed, when a controversial memo regarding the disposal of toxic waste...