There Will Be Boondoggles
Apr 27, 2021 worries about the size, scope, and financing of the Biden administration's infrastructure plan.
Michael J. 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.
Apr 27, 2021 worries about the size, scope, and financing of the Biden administration's infrastructure plan.
Feb 16, 2021 reflects on the long career and remarkable legacy of the economist and statesman George Shultz.
Dec 18, 2020 examines the three factors that will determine the new administration's room for maneuver.
Oct 21, 2020 examines trends in US income growth and social mobility to determine where the real problems lie.
Aug 24, 2020 looks for policy lessons in the aftermath of previous economic crises and downturns in the United States.