They also had vastly different approaches to the mundane issue of traveling to the airport. Summers found airports annoying and sought to minimize the time he spent in them. He often arrived late, hustling to gates. “If you’ve never missed a plane, you’re spending too much time in airports,” he liked to say. Yellen’s airport theory was framed around the concept of crisis management. She wanted to minimize the possibility of major disruption, such as missing a flight. She didn’t mind being in airports; she took reading with her that she would want to do somewhere anyway; she might as well do it
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