Essays & Columns
NATIONAL REVIEW – U.S. Support for Ukraine Advances America’s Interests
March 1, 2025 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – How Trump Can Achieve Sustained Growth
February 20, 2025 | READ >
FINANCIAL TIMES – Trump Has Made a Good Start
February 7, 2025 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – Could High-Skill Immigration Increase Under Trump?
January 16, 2025 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – Christmas Shadows and Hope
December 23, 2024 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – Congressional Republicans: Listen to Trump and Suspend the Debt Ceiling
December 19, 2024 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – Will Trumponomics Bring Boom or Bust in 2025?
December 19, 2024 | READ >
GEORGETOWN LAW – Taking a Closer Look at Industrial Policy
December 12, 2024 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – Populism Never Lasts
December 13, 2024 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – A Trump Boom?
November 19, 2024 | READ >
FINANCIAL TIMES – Trump Victory Kicks Off the Battle for the Right’s Future
November 8, 2024 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – US Tariffs Will Not Bring Back Jobs from China
October 21, 2024 | READ >
FINANCIAL TIMES – Harris and Trump are equally silent on the expanding US debt
October 21, 2024 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – The Debt That Shall Not Be Named
September 27, 2024 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – Hurt Pennsylvania’s Workers to WIn Pennsylvania’s Votes?
September 5, 2024 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – Harris Needs Her Own Economic Policy
August 15, 2024 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – The Economy is Not Rapidly Deteriorating
August 7, 2024 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – The Fed Should Not Cut Interest Rates Yet
July 17, 2024 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – Encouraging Work is the Right Policy Response to AI
June 25, 2024 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – Don’t Slow the Clock: Responding to the AI Revolution
June 18, 2024 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – The Economic World We’ve Lost
June 10, 2024 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – What Comes After Neoliberalism?
June 4, 2024 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – What the AI Pessimists Are Missing
May 16, 2024 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – The Senate’s AI Roadmap
May 15, 2024 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – America’s Frustrating Search for a Soft Economic Landing
April 30, 2024 | READ >
FINANCIAL TIMES – Protectionism is Running Amok in the U.S.
March 19, 2024 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – What Soft Landing?
March 11, 2024 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – Yes, Russian Reserves Should Be Seized
February 19, 2024 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – Niki Haley Should Stay in the GOP Race
February 12, 2024 | READ >
FINANCIAL TIMES – The Trump-Biden Consensus on the Economy is Bad for Business
January 30, 2024 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – In Defense of Billionaires
January 9, 2024 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – Trump’s Protectionism Would Spike Prices
January 8, 2024 | READ >
GEORGETOWN LAW – The State of Democratic Capitalism: 2023
December 18, 2023 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – The Myth of the 1%
December 14, 2023 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – Israel’s Economic Resilience
November 15, 2023 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – The Jobless AI Future Is Still a Long Way Off
November 13, 2023 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – Catholics against Antisemitism
November 3, 2023 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – The Case for Nikki Haley
October 30, 2023 | READ >
AEI – The Supreme Court Should Leave the Tax Code Alone
October 24, 2023 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – What Poor Children Need
October 17, 2023 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – An Off-Ramp from Trump’s Road to Ruin
September 14, 2023 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – Why Industrial Policy Fails
August 15, 2023 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – A US Recession is Still Possible
July 24, 2023 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – Sunak Strengthens U.S.–U.K. Economic Ties
June 15, 2023 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – The Inflated Sum of AI Fears
June 14, 2023 | READ >
FINANCIAL TIMES – Unruly Politicians and Unchecked Spending Risk US Debt Catastrophe
May 26, 2023 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – Debt and Dysfunction in America
May 12, 2023 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – Kill the Chatbots?
April 11, 2023 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – The Fed Must Not Flinch
March 20, 2023 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – Populist Joe
February 20, 2023 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – Averting a Debt-Ceiling Disaster
January 11, 2023 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – The Myth of Income Stagnation
December 15, 2022 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – The Republicans Lose with Trump
November 11, 2022 | READ >
FINANCIAL TIMES – Supply-siders should stop obsessing about tax cuts
October 24, 2022 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – Growth Beats Grievance
October 14, 2022 | READ >
THE WASHINGTON POST – Liz Truss’s economic plan caused a furor. But it’s actually sound.
October 9, 2022 | READ>
PROJECT SYNDICATE – America’s Education Emergency
September 26, 2022 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – Governor Ducey Rejects Grievance-onomics
September 23, 2022 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – What’s Hollowing Out the US Workforce?
August 21, 2022 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – Cap Russia’s Oil Price Now
July 21, 2022 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – Biden’s Empty Inflation Rhetoric
June 20, 2022 | READ >
POLITICO – Biden’s About to Make a Big Mistake on Student Loans
May 31, 2022 | READ >
FINANCIAL TIMES – Reducing the US Deficit Will Mean Pain for the Middle Classes
May 30, 2022 | READ >
AEI – The State of Democratic Capitalism: 2022
May 25, 2022 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – Will US Inflation Lead to Recession?
May 18, 2022 | READ >
PROJECT SYNDICATE – How to Do More for Ukraine
May 13, 2022 | READ >
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL – Workers Are at a Marketplace Advantage, but It Won’t Last
April 27, 2022 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – Sanction Russia’s Oil Exports
March 7, 2022 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – The Economic Consequences of the War in Europe
February 24, 2022 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – Yes, the Biden Stimulus Made Inflation Worse
February 10, 2022 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – Forget the Economics of Grievance
February 3, 2022 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Extra Benefits for Anti-Vaxx Jobless? Really?
January 7, 2022 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Follow DeBlasio’s Lead and Keep Schools Open During Omicron
December 29, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – No, the Fed Can’t Make People Go Back to Work
December 14, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Republicans Battle Over ‘Socialism-Lite’
December 1, 2021 | READ >
THE NEW YORK TIMES – Powell Needs to Cool the Economy Now to Avoid Recession Later
November 22, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Attention, Inflation Skeptics. Shoppers Are Talking to You.
November 18, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Big Business Can’t Rely on Republicans Anymore
November 11, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Holding Out for the Right Job? Don’t Dawdle Too Long
October 26, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – What Greg Abbott and Gavin Newsom Sadly Have in Common
October 15, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Republicans Need to Be More Than the Party of Trump
October 2, 2021 | READ >
THE NEW YORK TIMES – Republicans Are Playing a Dangerous Game With Debt
September 26, 2021 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – Remembering September 17th
September 17, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Spending Plan Flunks Its Own Test
September 16, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Raise the Debt Ceiling, Republicans. You’ll Be Glad You Did.
September 10, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Trudeau’s Populist Pose Could Hurt Canada’s Economy
August 30, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Hey, Republicans, Stop Fighting Vaccine and Mask Mandates
August 23, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Too Much Covid Caution Will Be Bad For SchoolChildren
August 20, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Biden’s Child-Care Plan Might Only Raise Parents’ Costs
August 16, 2021 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – Conservatives Should Focus on the Reconciliation Package
August 9, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – The Ban on Evictions Can’t Become Permanent
August 4, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Don’t Even Think of Passing Biden’s Budget Bill Now
July 29, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Defund the Tax Police? Republicans Better Not
July 26, 2021 | READ >
THE NEW YORK TIMES – Biden Is Asking for $4 Trillion. Congress Shouldn’t Give It to Him.
July 23, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Kudos to Bezos and the Space-Flight Billionaires
July 20, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – The U.S. Economy Doesn’t Need Disaster Relief
July 14, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – How the New Normal Will Look Like the Old Normal
July 9, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – There Are No ‘Dead-End’ Jobs in This Hot Labor Market
June 28, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Pay for the Infrastructure Bill With a Carbon Tax
June 16, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – The CIA May Be More Useful Than the CDC in Next Epidemic
June 12, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – The Cold War Against Covid Has Begun
June 9, 2021 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – Workers Aren’t Coming Back
June 4, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Manic Housing Market Needs a Calming Dose of Deregulation
June 1, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Covid Boosted Productivity. Post-Covid Will Boost It More.
May 21, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Fear of Inflation Can Make It Happen
May 13, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – The Jobs Boom Is Real Despite Disappointing April
May 7, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Reduce Worker Shortages By Reining In Benefits
April 29, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Rising Incomes Render Republican Strategy Obsolete
April 22, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Since When Does the Government Have a Money Tree?
April 13, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – What’s Conservative About a $3,600 Child Allowance?
April 12, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Biden’s Child Tax Credit Has a Fatal Flaw
April 6, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – The Best and Worst of Biden’s Infrastructure Plan
March 31, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Covid-19 Taught Me to Stay Home When I’m Sick
March 27, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Can’t We Stop Yammering About Paradigm Shifts?
March 24, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Would Biden’s Tax Cuts Really Help Spare the Middle Class? Nope.
March 17, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Will the Stimulus Work? Watch These 3 Metrics
March 12, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – How Stimulus Could Backfire Against Low-Wage Workers
March 10, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Pandemic Relief Is an Economic Leap of Faith
March 5, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Republican Plan to Raise the Minimum Wage Is Self-Defeating
February 23, 2021 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – Stimulus Risks Shortening the Recovery
February 19, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Four Reasons the States Need Pandemic Aid
February 17, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Biden’s Unemployment Checks Would Harm Economy
February 11, 2021 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – On Economic Stimulus, How Big Is Big?
February 6, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – How to Make a (Modest) Minimum-Wage Hike Work
February 1, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Biden Won't Regret Compromising on Covid Relief
January 25, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – $15 Minimum Wage Subverts Biden Recovery Plan
January 20, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Too Much Biden Stimulus Would Backfire
January 14, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Inflation is Coming. That Might Even Be a Problem.
January 13, 2021 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – Remove, Impeach, Convict
January 7, 2021 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – What a Pro-Worker Republican Party Really Looks Like
December 31, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – The Bad and the Good in the New Payroll Protection Program
December 21, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Will a Handful of Senators Hold Up Help for Millions?
December 18, 2020 | READ >
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL – The Economy Needs a Little More PPP
December 8, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Both Parties Should Embrace This Stimulus Bill
December 8, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Virus Shouldn’t Be Sole Focus for Biden Economic Aide
November 30, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Who Gains Most From Canceling Student Loans?
November 27, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Washington’s Stimulus Triumph Remains Underrated
November 24, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Don’t Be Fooled. The Coronavirus Economy Still Needs Help.
November 17, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Trumponomics Won’t Outlive Trump
November 12, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Wave of Foreclosures May Follow Housing Market Boom
October 30, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – A $15 Minimum Wage Would Wreck U.S. Economic Recovery
October 23, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION –
Biden Would Smother the Economy by Raising Taxes
October 14, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Republicans Endanger the Economy by Forgetting Their Successes
October 7, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – K-Shaped Recoveries End Well for Everybody
October 5, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Don’t Let Politics Strangle Virus-Economy Relief
September 25, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Milton Friedman Was Right About Shareholder Capitalism
September 17, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – U.S. Productivity is Soaring. Hold the Applause.
September 9, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Exploding U.S. Debt Is a Problem, Not an Emergency
September 4, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – The Crippling Return of Long-Term Unemployment
August 22, 2020 | READ >
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL – Lifting Lockdowns Won’t Fully Restore the Economy
August 16, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Closed Schools Are a National Emergency
August 11, 2020 | READ >
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL – Want Schools to Open? Get Serious About Outbreaks
August 2, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Get Ready for Another Fake Economic Recovery
July 31, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Keep Your Eye on the Ball, Republicans
July 27, 2020 | READ >
AEI IDEAS –
If Congress Must Have Revenue Tests, Make Them Backward Looking
July 21, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – How to Break the Coronavirus-Relief Logjam
July 20, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Bidenomics Is a Populist Gridlock Buster. Uh-Oh.
July 14, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION –
School-Closing Costs are Crushing Children and Parents
July 8, 2020 | READ >
AEI IDEAS – On Independence Day, Believe in America
July 4, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – How Congress Can Scale Back Unemployment Benefits
June 30, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – The Future of Work in America is in the Office
June 20, 2020 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – Trading with the Enemy
June 18, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION –
What Explains the Resilience of Small Business?
June 15, 2020 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – The Jobs Numbers Weren’t Fraudulent
June 8, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – U.S. Can’t Beat Coronavirus, But Americans Can Cope With It
May 29, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – The Space Business Is About to Get Really Serious
May 26, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Skittish Treasury Hobbles Small-Business Loan Plan
May 19, 2020 | READ >
THE NEW YORK TIMES —
The American Dream is Alive and Well
May 18, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION –
Good Economic News Is Coming and That’s Bad
May 14, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION –
Let’s Provide Unemployment Benefits Without Layoffs
May 7, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION –
The many new indicators of an epic job collapse
April 30, 2020 | READ >
MERCATUS –
America Is an Upwardly Mobile Society
April 27, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION –
Stop Trashing the Programs That Help Small Business
April 21, 2020 | READ >
MERCATUS – The Middle Class Is Changing, Not Dying
April 20, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION –
A Seven-Point Checklist for Reopening the Economy
April 14, 2020 | READ >
AEI IDEAS – How Treasury Should Implement Loans to Large Businesses
April 10, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION –
Congress’s Next Rescue Bill Should Start With Public Health
April 8, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – How to Make Sure the Small-Business Bailout Works
April 1, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION –
Trump Would Hurt Economy by Trying to Restart It
March 24, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Small Business Alone Needs $1 Trillion Now
March 20, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION –
Judy Shelton Was a Bad Fed Choice Even Before the Coronavirus
March 17, 2020 | READ >
AEI –
Congress should increase the federal Medicaid matching rate
March 12, 2020 | READ >
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL –
Congress Can Take the Economic Edge off Covid-19
March 11, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION –
Don’t Cut the Payroll Tax. Just Send People Money.
March 11, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION –
How Congress Could Fire Up a Coronavirus Economy
March 5, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Yes, Men Can Still Support Their Families
February 28, 2020 | READ >
THE WASHINGTON POST – Five More Years of Populism Would be a Disaster for America
February 26, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION –
U.S. Consumers Are Piling Up Debt, and That’s Fine
February 20, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION –
Is Carnage Still Trump's Key to the Electoral College?
February 12, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Trump Hurts the Economy. Sanders Would Be Worse.
February 3, 2020 | READ >
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL – The American Dream Is Alive and Well
January 31, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION –
Of course Trump’s tariffs hurt US manufacturing
January 27, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Who’s your boss? Team Trump has a clear new answer
January 15, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – ‘Late capitalism’? Not even close
January 10, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – One certainty for 2020: Conservatives will lose
January 03, 2020 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Wages are based more on productivity, less on exploitation
December 31, 2019 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Pay workers to leave depressed towns
December 23, 2019 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – Thankful for Billionaire Innovators
November 27, 2019 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Give thanks, Americans. You’re back to work.
November 26, 2019 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Soak-the-rich taxes are unethical and unwise
November 20, 2019 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – What Conservatism Should Look Like After Trump
November 12, 2019 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Raise Taxes on the Middle Class Before It's Too Late
October 28, 2019 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Beto O’Rourke’s Bad Idea to Punish Conservative Churches
October 17, 2019 | READ >
AEI – Inequality in America: Q&A with James Pethokoukis
October 10, 2019 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION– The Rich Really Do Pay Higher Taxes Than You
October 10, 2019 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Pelosi’s plan to slash drug prices will backfire
October 02, 2019 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Vaping is a problem. Banning it would be, too.
September 23, 2019 | READ >
AEI IDEAS: The New Gilded Age: Should the US combat wealth inequality?
September 18, 2019 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – The holes in Warren’s wealth tax can’t be plugged
September 05, 2019 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – If Trump causes a recession, how severe will it be?
August 28, 2019 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – US businesses are stuck in trade war uncertainty
August 14, 2019 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – Nuance on opioid addiction
August 05, 2019 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Conservatism after the age of Trump
July 29, 2019 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Space travel is a business now and that’s good
July 25, 2019 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – How much government is good for growth?
July 22, 2019 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Maybe inequality isn’t what’s making people mad
July 17, 2019 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Breaking up Facebook would make things worse
July 1, 2019 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – America’s middle class shows signs of life
June 18, 2019 | READ >
THE GUARDIAN – Don’t believe the naysayers: Capitalism is healthier than it appears
June 12, 2019 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – Debating capitalism
June 11, 2019 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Americans may be strapped, but the go-to statistic is false
June 4, 2019 | READ >
NATIONAL REVIEW – But what, specifically, do you mean?
June 3, 2019 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – The case for a $15 minimum wage is far from settled
May 23, 2019 | READ >
AEI IDEAS – Phillip Swagel will be an excellent CBO director
May 16, 2019 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – The story of stagnating wages was mostly wrong
May 15, 2019 | READ >
AEI IDEAS – A great choice by the Federal Housing Finance Agency
May 14, 2019 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Stop poor-mouthing the two-earner family
May 5, 2019 | READ >
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Warren’s college-loan plan is a subsidy for the comfortable class
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Did corporate tax cuts strengthen wages? Don’t believe what you hear
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Against Cain as Fed chief? Then oppose him now
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Think ex-felons should be working? Then give them a chance
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Brace yourself for the 2020 Medicare wars
BLOOMBERG OPINION – The worst idea (so far) in Democrats’ war on Big Tech
BLOOMBERG OPINION – The welfare debate the US should be having
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Get rid of the state-tax deduction altogether
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Rubio’s Stock Buyback Plan Sounds Sane, Even If His Reasoning Is Not
BLOOMBERG OPINION – What we don’t know about a $15 minimum wage is scary
BLOOMBERG OPINION – What to do with the revenue from a carbon tax
BLOOMBERG OPINION – ‘Modern Monetary Theory’ is a joke that’s not funny
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Marco Rubio has come down with Trump disease
2018
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Stop pretending the working class is helpless
BLOOMBERG OPINION – You can’t be pro-jobs without being pro-trade
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Republicans rejected free trade for no good reason
BLOOMBERG OPINION – The right is wrong to lose faith in economic growth
AEI IDEAS – Maybe there should be a second Brexit referendum
BLOOMBERG OPINION – House Democrats Should Put These Deals on the Table
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Yes, House Democrats Will Need an Economic Strategy
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Protect the Gains Made by Low-Skilled Workers
BLOOMBERG OPINION – If Republicans Won’t Confront Entitlements, Who Will?
BLOOMBERG OPINION – A Tax Credit Encourages Work. But What Is That Worth?
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Don’t Blame Business for Slow Wage Growth
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Trump Wants to Own This Economy. He Might Regret That.
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Bernie Sanders Is Wrong About Workers on Welfare
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Social Security Can’t Be a Piggy Bank for Family Leave
BLOOMBERG OPINION – ‘Watch What Trump Does, Not What He Says’
NATIONAL REVIEW – No more bishops investigating bishops: appoint Frank Keating to do that
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Making welfare recipients work is a question of values
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Trump Bites the Hand That Feeds a Lot of Americans
BLOOMBERG OPINION – The Economics and Emotions Behind Slow Wage Growth
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Whom Should Government Serve? Kids Vs. Grandparents
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Yes, Income Inequality Has Stopped Growing
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Legalize Child Migrants and Build a Wall
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Don’t Fall for Employers’ Whining About a ‘Skills Gap’
AEI IDEAS – Paid parental leave: Setting the record straight
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Care About Internet Privacy? Then Prove It
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Private Sector, Not Government, Is Key to Job Creation
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Trump can help American workers. His trade war won’t.
TAX NOTES – Fiscal implications of Social Security-financed parental leave
BLOOMBERG VIEW – Worried About U.S. Tribalism? Go See Springsteen
BLOOMBERG VIEW – Big Tech May Be Monopolistic, But It's Good for Consumers
BLOOMBERG VIEW – U.S. Census Shouldn't Ask About Citizenship
NATIONAL REVIEW – Should Corporations Be Politically Active?
BLOOMBERG OPINION – If Business Wants a Social Cause, How About Globalism?
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Getting Creative With Social Security for Parents
NATIONAL REVIEW – Paid Leave Will Disrupt Businesses and Hurt Workers
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Social Security can’t be a piggy bank for parental leave
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Jobs Report Could Signal a Real Turning Point
BLOOMBERG OPINION – A Work Requirement for Medicaid Isn't 'Cruel'
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Short-Term Thinking Distorts Economic Policy
2017
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Next task for GOP: Spend less and help the poor
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Must-reads for 2017: Rethinking the American dream
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Can we please stop hyping death and taxes
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Five reasons not to tax university endowments
BLOOMBERG OPINION – How to shorten the lifespan of Trumpian populism
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Cut corporate taxes to boost growth (but don’t exaggerate)
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Republicans, it’s way past time for a real tax plan
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Republicans need tax principles. Like these.
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Embracing Populism Means Ignoring the Common Good
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Bipartisanship Wins a Round at the White House
BLOOMBERG OPINION – ‘Dreamer’ migrants make US economy stronger
BLOOMBERG OPINION – How Republicans can make good on tax reform
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Yes, Paul Ryan can be pro-capitalist and a Catholic
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Standing Up to Trump Is Good for Business
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Insuring Everyone Should Be a Republican Goal
BLOOMBERG OPINION – Parental leave is great. Just don’t mandate it.
BLOOMBERG OPINION – High Minimum Wage Has Losers and Winners
THE HILL – America’s small investment in government data has big payoffs
AEI – Want to know how much on average a nursing student will make? Thank government-collected data
THE WASHINGTON POST – Why is President Trump attacking foreign investment in the United States?
AEI – Trump’s Inauguration Day: Policy recommendations for the new president
2016
THE WASHINGTON POST – America owes its working class, yes. But the working class has duties, too
AEI IDEAS – 5 questions every president should answer on labor and the workforce
THE NATIONAL REVIEW – Financial Markets and the 2016 Election
THE NEW YORK TIMES – Don’t Ignore the Costs of Minimum Wage Increases When Celebrating the Benefits
THE WASHINGTON POST – How Bruce Springsteen concerts cure loneliness
THE NEW YORK TIMES – Politics will stymie any preparation for the next recession
THE WASHINGTON POST – Even economists love to hate basic economics lately. They shouldn’t.
THE WASHINGTON POST – Universal basic income won’t make America great again, either
AEI IDEAS – Is California crazy for cranking up its minimum wage?
THE WASHINGTON POST – Here’s what a conservative policy agenda should look like in the Trump era
2015
THE WASHINGTON POST – Donald Trump’s immigration plan would cause US citizens to be deported
THE NATIONAL REVIEW – Will we seize the opportunity to make the debates more substantive?
THE WASHINGTON POST – Why we need economic growth more than we need democratic socialism
LIBERTY STREET ECONOMICS – Reframing the Debate about Payday Lending
THE WASHINGTON POST – Pope Francis should praise free markets more often
THE NEW YORK TIMES – In face of crisis, policy makers should plan, not panic
THE WASHINGTON POST – Congress is trying to make it harder to know how the economy is doing
THE NATIONAL REVIEW – More funding needed for Bureau of Labor Statistics
THE WASHINGTON POST – Don’t fear our computerized future. At least not too much
THE WASHINGTON POST – When conservatives listen to Obama, we can learn a lot. So can he
THE WASHINGTON POST – No, food stamps aren’t subsidies for McDonald’s and Wal-mart
THE WASHINGTON POST – How to cut taxes and help the poor at the same time
THE WASHINGTON POST – Please address me as ‘mister.’ I insist.
AEI IDEAS – No, the unemployment rate doesn’t amount to a big lie
THE WASHINGTON POST – End Obamacare, and people could die. That’s okay
THE WASHINGTON POST – Instead of fixing the tax system, Obama returns to campaign mode