Michael Boskin is Professor of Economics at Stanford University and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He was Chairman of George H.W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers from 1989 to 1993, and headed the so-called Boskin Commission, a congressional advisory body that highlighted errors in official US inflation estimates.
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Michael Boskin
Commentaries by Michael Boskin
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Why Consolidate?
STANFORD – Around the world, raging debates about whether, when, how, and how much to reduce large budget deficits and high levels of sovere…
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Taming Leviathan
STANFORD – A successful society needs effective, affordable government to perform its necessary functions well, and that includes sufficient…
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A New Agenda for China’s New Leaders?
STANFORD – Political leadership transitions typically signal either a change in direction or continuity. But the mere prospect of such a tra…
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America’s Election and the Global Economy
STANFORD – As America’s elections approach, with President Barack Obama slightly in front of his Republican challenger, former Massachusetts…
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California Bad Dreaming
STANFORD – While central governments’ fiscal problems plague many economies, a parallel crisis is enveloping many subnational governments ar…
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Threading the Fiscal Needle
PALO ALTO – Elections often turn on the state of the economy, especially in hard times. When growth and jobs are down, voters throw out incu…
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Whither Europe?
BEIJING – With the likelihood of a contagious sovereign-debt implosion and European bank failures greatly reduced by the Greek debt deal and…
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A Referendum on Obama
STANFORD – Successful political candidates try to implement the proposals on which they ran. In the United States, President Barack Obama an…
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Europe’s Last Best Chance
STANFORD – The resignations of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi have highlighted how Gree…
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Europe’s Triple Threat
PALO ALTO – Europe is suffering from simultaneous sovereign-debt, banking, and currency crises. Severe economic distress and political press…
Why Consolidate?
Michael Holt: The question of whether or not to consolidate should be driven primarily by economic considerations, but the author has correctly pointed out the extent to which this decision is driven by politics by…
Why Consolidate?
Avraam Dectis: "America’s 2009 stimulus cost several hundred thousand dollars per temporary job created." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Since the 2009 stimulus…