
Lawrence Summers has served as US treasury secretary under Bill Clinton, a post currently held by his protegee Timothy Geithner. Presently, he teaches economics at Harvard University, where he was formerly the president. He comes from a family of economists. His parents are economists and he is a nephew of Paul Samuelson and Kenneth Arrow, both Nobel Laureates in economics.
How is India positioned as a global consumption engine?
India has enormous potential to be a contributor to global growth over the coming decades. But that potential is diminished by the disturbing indications of slowing GDP growth, significant declines in the value of the currency and a sense that the flow of capital to emerging markets is likely to be inhibited by the continuing strains in the European financial system.
To operate at its full potential, what should the GDP growth rate be?...
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03:39 PM, Jan 13, 2012

Lawrence Summers has served as US treasury secretary under Bill Clinton, a post currently held by his protegee Timothy Geithner. Presently, he teaches economics at Harvard University, where he was formerly the president. He comes from a family of economists. His parents are economists and he is a nephew of Paul Samuelson and Kenneth Arrow, both Nobel Laureates in economics. How is India positioned as a global consumption engine? India...

11:00 AM, Jan 13, 2012