Larry Summers is in the running to head the World Bank. But according to tens of thousands of people that recently signed a petition, he’s not the man for the job

More than 37,000 people have signed a petition expressing their dismay at the idea that Summers — who as then-president of Harvard, once famously suggested that women might lack an “intrinsic aptitude” for science and engineering — could be put in charge of the World Bank, an institution that allocates funds to developing countries.