Larry Summer on President Obama's Term: A Period of Substantially Rising Opportunity

Feb 03, 2016

Larry Summers, President Emeritus at Harvard University and the 71st secretary of the Treasury for President Clinton and the director of the National Economic Council for President Obama, talks with Thane Rosenbaum about the legacy of the Obama presidency.

Here's what he had to say about Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump, and about BDS on college campuses.

Co-produced with the Forum on Law, Culture & Society at NYU School of Law.

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