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The 2013 Martin Feldstein Lecture: Economic Possibilities for Our Children. Lawrence Summers, July 24, 2013. "This is the 40th anniversary of the summer whcn I first met Marty Fddstcin and went to work for him. I learned from working under Marty’s auspices that empirical economics was a profoundly important thing. that it had the opportunity to illuminate the world in important ways. that it had the opportunity to changc peopic’s perspectives as they thought about economic problems. and that the successful solution or resolution of economic problems didn’t happen with the immediacy with which a doctor treated a patient..."