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American Economic Association Issues Lifetime Ban on Larry Summers Over Epstein Emails

The decision follows disclosures of explicit communications with Jeffrey Epstein that intensified concerns about mentorship abuses in economics.

Larry Summers, president emeritus and professor at Harvard University, during an interview in New York, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025.
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Overview

  • The AEA barred Summers for life from attending, speaking at, or participating in its events or journals and condemned his conduct as violating its standards.
  • The association said Summers also resigned his membership voluntarily.
  • House-released emails and texts show communications through July 5, 2019, including Epstein calling himself Summers' "wing man" and Summers asking about "getting horizontal" with a mentee.
  • Summers is on leave from Harvard and has exited roles at OpenAI, Yale's Budget Lab, the Center for American Progress, the Center for Global Development, Bloomberg TV, the New York Times, and the Group of 30.
  • News reports state there is no evidence linking Summers to Epstein’s sex‑trafficking crimes, and Harvard has opened a review of interactions with Epstein.