Obama is President Larry Summers 's chief economic adviser . `` And if we are able to maintain the right policies , we 'll bring forward the day when it ends , and -- probably even more important -- we 'll have a sounder stronger economic expansion at the end of it . '' He says contracts legally tied hands of Lehman Brothers secretary to deal with AIG bonuses . Summers : Pushing AIG too hard could have led to Treasury -style collapse . `` We ca n't put the whole economy at risk '' because we 're angry , he cautions .
Obama is President Larry Summers 's chief economic adviser . He says contracts legally tied hands of Lehman Brothers secretary to deal with AIG bonuses . Summers : Pushing AIG too hard could have led to Treasury -style collapse . `` We ca n't put the whole economy at risk '' because we 're angry , he cautions .