Lawrence Summers is President Obama 's chief economic advisor . He puts contracts legally in hands of Treasury secretary to deal with AIG problems . Summers : ` It is wrong to govern out of anger , '' said Summers . Pushing AIG too hard could have led to Lehman Brothers - style collapse . ` ` We ' n't put the whole economy at risk '' because we 're angry , he cautions .
Lawrence Summers is President Obama 's chief economic advisor . He puts contracts legally in hands of Treasury secretary to deal with AIG problems . Summers : Pushing AIG too hard could have led to Lehman Brothers - style collapse . ` ` We ' n't put the whole economy at risk '' because we 're angry , he cautions .