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Former Harvard president Summers’ soft landing after Epstein revelations is case study of economics’ trouble with misbehaving men

  • Written by Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Professor of Labor Studies, Rutgers University
imageLarry Summers, center, is surrounded by the media in 2005 amid calls for his resignation.Jodi Hilton/Getty Images

Economist Larry Summers will resign from his tenured job as a professor at Harvard University, the school announced on Feb. 25, 2026, following heightened scrutiny of his ties with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein....

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