Original sentence: The "memo" made him a favorite target of environmentalists and others critical of neoliberal economics, who believe it to be consistent with his attitudes in general and a symbol of "the arrogant ignorance of many conventional 'economists' concerning the nature of the world we live in" (Brazilian Secretary of the Environment Jose Lutzenberger).The excerpt, an "ironic aside" according to its author, argued that pollution from first-world countries should be dumped into third-world countries
Edited sentence: Its author claimed it as an "ironic aside", but the opinion expressed was consistent with Summers' neoliberal views.The "memo" made him a favorite target of environmentalists and others critical of neoliberal economics as a symbol of "the arrogant ignorance of many conventional 'economists' concerning the nature of the world we live in" (Brazilian Secretary of the Environment Jose Lutzenberger).The excerpt, argued that pollution from first-world countries should be dumped into third-world countries