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Larry Summers Compares the Surge of Pain in Tech to the Dot-Com Bubble

By Jessica E. Lessin · Nov 9, 2022 4:08pm PST · 9 comments
Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers has a tough message to Silicon Valley and technology companies and investors ravaged by the downturn: “Part of it is not coming back.” In a private conversation Wednesday with The Information subscribers, Summers talked through the confluence of events that has brought Silicon... Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers has a tough message to Silicon Valley and...