How the Summers-Epstein scandal further proves that gender bias exists in economics

While Summers’ behavior and the reported dynamics between him and a woman he mentored may appear shocking, they are all too common in economics.

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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........

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