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.
US President Donald Trump’s transactional approach to multinational agreements such as the Paris climate accord is very different from that of his predecessors. Whereas previous presidents have viewed… read more
Technological progress brings far-reaching benefits, but it also poses increasingly serious threats to humankind. With governments and citizens already struggling with the consequences of recent innov… read more
During the first month of Donald Trump’s presidency, the US media has been “all Trump, all the time.” And they’ve had plenty of fuel: as Trump has moved to “shake up” Washington, DC, he has made some … read more
The election of Donald Trump as US President has spawned a cottage industry of election post-mortems and predictions, in America and abroad. In fact, Trump's victory probably comes down largely to fou… read more
The next recession probably will not be as bad as the last one; but unprecedented long-term monetary stimulus and spikes in public-debt burdens have left governments unequipped to deal with an economi… read more
Immigration, terrorism, foreign policy, and the candidates' potentially problematic personality traits have dominated the 2016 US presidential race, and far less has been said about their proposals fo… read more
For generations, political leaders have attempted to shape their image. Today, it is US President Barack Obama’s turn to attempt to define his legacy – and, as his presidency winds down and attention … read more
The UK will vote in June on whether or not to remain in the EU. If British voters are to make the right choice, they will have to cut through the hyperbolic claims being made by leaders on both sides … read more
Big changes are underway in the US, as the country gears up to elect a new president, one-third of the Senate, and the entire House of Representatives this November. The outcome will have profound con… read more
