Watch tempers rise over bonuses » . Larry Summers is President Obama 's chief economic adviser . He says contracts legally tied hands of Treasury secretary to deal with AIG bonuses . Summers : " I'm not going to be the guy who makes a decision that affects all these people, and then has it affect me personally as well... `` We ca n't put the whole economy at risk '' because we 're angry , he cautions .
Larry Summers is President Obama 's chief economic adviser . He says contracts legally tied hands of Treasury secretary to deal with AIG bonuses . Summers : " I'm not going to be the guy who makes a decision that affects all these people, and then has it affect me personally as well... `` We ca n't put the whole economy at risk '' because we 're angry , he cautions .