I'm keeping a list of good anti-Summers and pro-Yellin references at the petition website, where there are now 18,000 signatures:
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/dont-let-larry-summers?source=c.url&r_by=1135580 I've updated the list based on the Felix Salmon piece that raghu forwarded and also included the Politico piece that Max forwarded. Here's the current reference list: Reuters, "Opposition mounts to Summers as possible Fed chief," http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/26/usa-fed-summers-idUSL1N0FV0T820130726(mentions this petition) Bloomberg, "Senate Democrats Ready Letter Urging Yellen as Fed Chief," http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-26/senate-democrats-ready-letter-urging-yellen-as-fed-chief.html Dean Baker, "The Return of Larry Summers?" http://www.cepr.net/index.php/op-eds-&-columns/op-eds-&-columns/the-return-of-larry-summers Felix Salmon, "Don’t send Summers to the Fed," http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2013/07/24/dont-send-summers-to-the-fed/ Scott Sumner, "Larry Summers is unqualified to be Fed chair," http://www.themoneyillusion.com/?p=22379 Bill McBride, "Janet Yellen for Fed Chair" http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2013/07/janet-yellen-for-fed-chair.html Ezra Klein, "The subtle, sexist whispering campaign against Janet Yellen" http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/19/the-subtle-sexist-w hispering-campaign-against-janet-yellen/ Dean Baker, "Democracy Versus Bankers at the Fed" http://www.cepr.net/index.php/op-eds-&-columns/op-eds-&-columns/democracy-versus-bankers-at-the-fed William Greider, "Stop Larry Summers Before He Messes Up Again" http://www.thenation.com/blog/175372/stop-larry-summers-he-messes-again David Dayen, "Larry Summers will destroy the economy (again)" http://www.salon.com/2013/07/24/sexist_larry_summers_will_destroy_the_economy/singleton/ Yves Smith, "Why Larry Summers Should Not Be Permitted to Run Anything More Important than a Dog Pound" http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/07/why-larry-summers-should-not-be-permitted-to-run-anything-more-important-than-a-dog-pound.html William Greider, "No More Second Chances for Larry Summers" http://www.thenation.com/blog/175420/no-more-second-chances-larry-summers Noam Scheiber, "Wait, Larry Summers Is Now the Favorite for the Fed? Can we at least talk it over first?" http://www.newrepublic.com/article/114009/larry-summers-fed-chairman-over-janet-yellen Mike Konczal,,"Should Obama pick Larry Summers to head the Fed?" http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/should-obama-pick-summers-to-head-the-fed-94765.html On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Max Sawicky <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/should-obama-pick-summers-to-head-the-fed-94765.html > > Yellen would be significantly better than Summers, says Mike Konczal, who > is a good guy. > > > > > On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 9:58 AM, michael perelman < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Does a member of the Fed board "serve under" the chair? >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 6:43 AM, Marv Gandall <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> On 2013-07-26, at 8:52 AM, Robert Naiman wrote: >>> > >>> > "Moveon.org, a liberal group that provided major support to both Obama >>> presidential campaigns, is circulating a petition entitled: "Don't let >>> Larry Summers head the Fed," which accuses him of laying the groundwork for >>> the deep U.S. recession." >>> > >>> > - Opposition mounts to Summers as possible Fed chief >>> > >>> http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/26/usa-fed-summers-idUSL1N0FV0T820130726 >>> > >>> > Referring to this: >>> > >>> > Don't let Larry Summers head the Fed >>> > >>> http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/dont-let-larry-summers?source=c.url&r_by=1135580 >>> >>> Summers is an abusive character, but is there even a dime's worth of >>> difference between him and the other rumoured contender, Janet Yellen? >>> >>> Even were one a conservative Republican and the other a liberal >>> Democrat, evolving economic and political conditions effectively decide >>> policy direction at the Fed and throughout the state apparatus. >>> >>> But there are not even any ideological differences to muddy the waters >>> here. Yellen served under Greenspan at the Fed and was also, like Summers, >>> a key economic advisor in the Clinton administration. If Summers can be >>> accused of helping lay the groundwork for the deep US recession, so too can >>> Yellen, which suggest that the objections to Summers by Moveon and other US >>> liberals are entirely personal rather than political in nature. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pen-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Michael Perelman >> Economics Department >> California State University >> Chico, CA >> 95929 >> >> 530 898 5321 >> fax 530 898 5901 >> http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected]
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