Dump this nominee. (Lawrence Summers appointed Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs) (Editorial)

Nation, The, February, 1993

Remember Lawrence Summers, the World Bank chief economist who in 1991 wrote an internal memo arguing that toxic wastes and dirty industries should be encouraged to move to less-developed nations because "health-impairing pollution should be done in the country with the lowest cost, which will be the country with the lowest wages" [see Doug Henwood, "Toxic Banking" March 2, 19921? Though Summers claimed he was being ironic, World Bank-watchers fault him for discouraging efforts to promote environmentally sustainable development and for ignoring ongoing pleas for local input on World Bank projects.

Environmentalists rejoiced after an early move to appoint Summers chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers was blocked at the urging of Vice President...

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