Summers was on the staff of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Reagan in 1982â1983. He also served as an economic adviser to the Dukakis Presidential campaign in 1988. Summers left Harvard in 1991 and served as Vice President of Development Economics and Chief Economist for the World Bank until 1993.
The late majority are skepticalâthey adopt an innovation only after a majority of people have tried it. Finally, laggards are tradition boundâthey are suspicious of changes and adopt the innovation only when it has become something of a tradition itself. Comments by Dr. Laukamm Add/Edit Comments
Confidence votes 2.2K. Brevity is the soul of wit is a quotation from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Act 2 Scene 2. It is said by the tedious counselor Polonius, who ironically is neither brief nor witty.The play is Hamlet, Act II, scene ii, line 90:revity is the Soul of Wit  The proverb 'brevity is the soul of wit' means that articulate and  intelligent communication (speech and writing) should use few and  wisely ch â¦ osen words. It is associated with the play 'Hamlet,' by  William Shakespeare.