His influence significantly reduced the size of the stimulus bill, which meant significantly higher unemployment for a longer duration and significantly less sp

His influence significantly reduced the size of the stimulus bill, which meant significantly higher unemployment for a longer duration and significantly less spending on infrastructure which is so beneficial to economic growth that it can't be understated. Yes, millions of people suffered because of him. The fact that you think current inflation has anything to do with that stimulus bill back then shows how little you understand about any of this. Larry Summers is the worst kind of person. Somebody who is nothing but a corporate stooge trying to act like the adult by being "reasonable", when that just means enriching his corporate friends, letting people suffer and not spending money (which any study will tell you is not the correct approach to situations like this because of multiplying effects they have down the line). Some necessary reading: https://archive.ph/FU1F https://archive.ph/FU1F https://archive.li/23tUR https://archive.li/23tUR https://archive.li/9Ji4C https://archive.li/9Ji4C In regards to watering it down to get GOP votes: https://archive.nytimes.com/krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/zero-lower-bound/ https://archive.nytimes.com/krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/0...