Gorbachev disses Larry Summers

DoreneFC at aol.com DoreneFC at aol.com
Thu Nov 28 05:40:04 PST 2002


In a message dated 11/28/02 12:56:02 AM Pacific Standard Time, chrisd at russiajournal.com writes:


> And some people from Harvard who were in Russia, who were active in Russia,
> helped Russia in a way that wasn't really appropriate. But, we're not
> blaming Harvard, we're not blaming others. We are blaming ourselves,
> because we tried to imitate instead of developing what is good for us. So,
> again, we're not blaming Harvard; it was just a few people from Harvard who
> tried to impose a model that was too radical for Russia, that was too
> laissez-faire for Russia.
> ...
>

Uhhh gee.

I'd say Harvard deserved this one. To be fair Larry Summers wasn't there at the time of Perestroika, but I am glad he was man enough to listen to it!

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