Recent Publications
1. �The GDP Candidates Square off on Taxes�, op-ed, the Wall Street Journal, November 3, 2011
2. �The Obama Presidency by the Numbers�, op-ed, the Wall Street Journal, September 8, 2011.
3. �Get Ready for a 70% Marginal Tax Rate�, op-ed,� the Wall Street Journal, July 18, 2011.
4. �Five Lessons for Deficit Busters�, op-ed, Wall Street Journal, June 20, 2011.
5. �Time To Cut Government Spending�, op-ed, Wall Street Journal, February 11, 2011
6. �Principles for Economic Revival�, with George Shultz, John Cogan, Allan Meltzer, and John Taylor, op-ed, Wall Street Journal, September 16, 2010.
7. �Summer of Economic Discontent�, op-ed, Wall Street Journal, September 2, 2010.
8. �Obama�s Economic Fish Stories�, op-ed, Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2010
�Extreme Exaggeration Emanating From the White House�, longer, more economic version of the above op-ed
9. �Stimulus Mostly a Tragic Waste of Money�, Washington Post blog, July 19, 2010
10. Comment on the Financial Reform Bill to the Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal, June 2010
11. ��Time to Junk the Corporate Tax�, Wall Street Journal, May 6, 2010
12. �When Deficits Become Dangerous� (longer version), Wall Street Journal, February 12, 2010
13. �When Deficits Become Dangerous� (condensed version), Wall Street Journal, February 12, 2010
14.
�Don�t Like the
Numbers? Change �Em�, Wall Street Journal,
January 14, 2010
15. �Industrial Policy Returns from the Grave�, syndicated column, November 24, 2009
16. �An Alternative Stimulus Plan�, Wall Street Journal, November 18, 2009
17. �Reform California�s Outdated Tax System�, with John F. Cogan, opinion, Wall Street Journal, October 1, 2009
18. �The Government Debt Bomb�, syndicated column, September 23, 2009
19. �Obama Needs a Move to the Middle�, opinion, Wall Street Journal, July 23, 2009
20. �Of Banks and Bailouts�, syndicated column, July 23, 2009
21. �Grading Obamanomics�, syndicated column, May 25, 2009
22. �Obama�s $163,000 Tax Bomb�, Wall Street Journal, April 3, 2009
23. �Global Disaster Recovery�, syndicated column, March 23, 2009
24.
��The Euro at Ten�, syndicated
column,
25.
�An Experiment of Great
Uncertainty�, New York Times, February 10, 2009
26. �Investors Want Clarity Before They Take Risks�,� Opinion, the Wall Street Journal, January 23, 2009
27.
�Perspectives
on the New Architecture for the U.S. National Accounts�, Paper to be
presented at the American Economic Association Meetings,
28. �Bursting the Bubble�, op-ed, New York Times, November 30, 2008
29. �Our Next President and the Perfect Economic Storm�, opinion, the Wall Street Journal, October 23, 2008
30. �Obamanomics Is a Recipe for Recession�, Wall Street Journal, July 29, 2008
31. �Learn, Earn, and Serve�, Commencement Address, Stanford University Economics Department, June 17, 2007
32. �Beyond Remarkable: A Remembrance of Milton Friedman�, speech made at Hoover Institution�s �A Reflection on the Life of Milton Friedman�, Memorial Hall, Stanford University,� January 22, 2007
33. �We Will Be the Meatheads If Proposition 82 Passes�, op-ed, LA Times, May 28, 2006
34. ��Eight Lessons For Public Finance In Developing Economies�, China Development Forum, State Council of the PRC, Beijing, March 2006
35. �A Broader Perspective on the Tax Reform Debate�, The Economists� Voice, Dec. 2005
36. �On the Record: Michael Boskin�, San Francisco Chronicle, October 16, 2005
37. �Straight Talk on Social Security Reform�, The Economists� Voice, Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2005
38.
�The
Economists� President�, the Wall Street Journal,
39. �Causes And Consequences Of Bias In The Consumer Price Index As A Measure Of The Cost Of Living�, Atlantic Economic Journal, March 2005
40. �Stick to the Basics�, The Wall Street Journal, October 26, 2004
41. �Baby Boomers Have the Last Word�, The Wall Street Journal, August 28, 2003
42. �"From Edgeworth to Vickrey to Mirrlees," The Vickrey Distinguished Lecture, International Atlantic Economic Society, Atlantic Economic Journal, forthcoming March, 2000
43. "Generalized Solow-Neutral Technical Progress and Postwar Economic Growth", with Lawrence J. Lau, NBER working paper, December 2000
44. "Economic Measurement: Progress and Challenges," American Economic Review, May 2000
45. "Capitalism and Its Discontents," The Adam Smith Prize Lecture, Business Economics, January, 1999
46. "Consumer Prices, the Consumer Price Index and the Cost of Living," (with E. Dulberger, R. Gordon, Z. Griliches, and D. Jorgenson) Journal of Economic Perspectives, Winter 1998
47. A Framework for Considering Social Security Reform, R. Douglas Arnold, Michael J. Graetz, and Alicia H. Munnell, eds., Framing the Social Security Debate: Values, Politics, and Economics, National Academy of Social Insurance, 1998
48. "Inflation and Its Discontents," The American Economic Association/American Finance Association Joint Luncheon Address, Hoover Essays in Public Policy, 1997
49. �"Implications of Overstating Inflation for Indexing Government Programs and Understanding Economic Growth," (with D. Jorgenson), American Economic Review, May 1997
50. "The CPI Commission: Findings and Recommendations," (with E. Dulberger, R. Gordon, Z. Griliches and D. Jorgenson), American Economic Review, May 1997