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Michael Boskin

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.


Commentaries by Michael Boskin

  • Newsart for Why Consolidate?

    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…

  • Newsart for Taming Leviathan

    Taming Leviathan

    STANFORD – A successful society needs effective, affordable government to perform its necessary functions well, and that includes sufficient…

  • Newsart for A New Agenda for China’s New Leaders?

    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…

  • Newsart for California Bad Dreaming

    California Bad Dreaming

    STANFORD – While central governments’ fiscal problems plague many economies, a parallel crisis is enveloping many subnational governments ar…

  • Newsart for Threading the Fiscal Needle

    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…

  • Newsart for Whither Europe?

    Whither Europe?

    BEIJING – With the likelihood of a contagious sovereign-debt implosion and European bank failures greatly reduced by the Greek debt deal and…

  • Newsart for A Referendum on Obama

    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…

  • Newsart for Europe’s Last Best Chance

    Europe’s Last Best Chance

    STANFORD – The resignations of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi have highlighted how Gree…

  • Newsart for Europe’s Triple Threat

    Europe’s Triple Threat

    PALO ALTO – Europe is suffering from simultaneous sovereign-debt, banking, and currency crises. Severe economic distress and political press…

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Recent comment received by Michael Boskin

  • 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…

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