2023
- "Five Best: Economics Primers", Wall Street Journal, 06/03/23
2021
- "Can We Afford a Welfare State?", New York Times, 9/19/21
- "The Biden Economy Risks a Speeding Ticket," New York Times, 2/28/21
2020
- "The Double-Edged Sword of Low Interest Rates," New York Times, 12/6/20
- "Pay People to Get Vaccinated," New York Times, 9/13/20
- "C.E.O.s Are Qualified to Make Profits, Not Lead Society," New York Times, 7/26/20
- "He Said, He Said: Debating Two Possible Recoveries," New York Times, 4/19/20
- "Will the Economy Re-elect Trump? Should It?", New York Times, 3/1/20
2019
- " 'Republican Economist' Sheds a Party Label," New York Times, 11/17/19
- "Yang vs. Warren: Who Has the Better Tax Plan?", New York Times, 9/29/19
- "Yes, There Is a Trade-Off Between Inflation and Unemployment," New York Times, 8/11/19
- "The National Debt Is Still a Problem," New York Times, 6/23/19
- "Let's Keep the Federal Reserve Great," New York Times, 4/14/19
2018
- "Four Questions for the Year Ahead," New York Times, 12/30/18
- "Surprising Truths About Trade Deficits," New York Times, 10/7/18
- "Learning the Right Lessons From the Financial Crisis," New York Times, 7/29/18
- "Why Aren't More Men Working?", New York Times, 6/17/18
- "Reviewing the Tenets of Free Trade," New York Times, 2/18/18
2017
- "Who Loses When Endowments Are Taxed?", New York Times, 12/24/17
- "How to Improve the Trump Tax Plan," New York Times, 11/5/17
- "Getting Along by Getting Together," New York Times, 9/10/17
- "Why Health Care Policy Is So Hard," New York Times, 7/30/17
- "Cut Taxes, Sure. But Remember the Budget Deficit," New York Times, 6/4/17
- "How Best to Tax Business," New York Times, 4/23/17
- "Advice for Trump: Ask an Economist," New York Times, 3/12/17
- "A Conservative Case for Climate Action," New York Times, 2/8/17
2016
- "Seeing Past the Trade Deficit Threat," New York Times, 12/4/16
- "$2,500: A Fair Price for 'Hamilton'," New York Times, 10/23/16
- "Why Taxing Fairly Means Not Taxing Inheritances," New York Times, 9/11/16
- "Trade is Good, but Voters Aren't Buying It," New York Times, 7/31/16
- "The GDP and Its Discontents," Review of The Great Invention: The Story of GDP and the Making (and Unmaking) of the Modern World by Ehsan Masood, Science, 7/22/16
- "One Economic Sickness, Five Diagnoses," New York Times, 6/16/16
- "The Economy is Rigged, and Other Presidential Campaign Myths," New York Times, 5/8/16
- "A Better Way to Grade Presidents," New York Times, 1/31/16
2015
- "Three Reasons for Those Hefty College Tuition Bills," New York Times, 12/20/15
- "Uniting Behind a Divisive Health Tax," (with Lawrence H. Summers), New York Times, 10/25/15
- "Shifting the Tax Burden to Cut Carbon," New York Times, 9/6/15
- "The Conservative Heart: How to Build a Fairer, Happier, and More Prosperous America" by Arthur C. Brooks, New York Times Sunday Book Review, 8/2/15
- "History Echoes Through Greek Debt Crisis," New York Times, 7/19/15
- "Retesting Congress in Free Trade 101," New York Times, 4/26/15
- "A Slippery New Rule for Gauging Fiscal Policy," New York Times, 3/1/15
2014
- "One Way to Fix the Corporate Tax: Repeal It," New York Times, 8/24/14
- "Why Inheritance Is Not a Problem," New York Times, 6/22/14
- "Media Slant: A Question of Cause and Effect," New York Times, 5/4/14
- "When the Scientist Is Also a Philosopher," New York Times, 3/23/14
- "Yes, the Wealthy Can Be Deserving," New York Times, 2/16/14
- "Help the Working Poor, but Share the Burden," New York Times, 1/5/14
2013
- "In Fed Policy, the Exit Music May Be Hard to Hear," New York Times, 11/24/13
- "Things Didn't Go as Planned," New York Times, Sunday Book Review, 11/17/13
- "From Summer Camp, a Parable for Washington," New York Times, 10/13/13
- "A Carbon Tax That America Could Live With," New York Times, 9/2/13
- "Budging (Just a Little) on Investing in Gold," New York Times, 7/28/13
- "Politics Aside, a Common Bond for Two Economists," New York Times, 6/30/13
- Graduation Talk at the Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School, 6/1/13
- "What Stock to Buy? Hey, Mom, Don't Ask Me," New York Times, 5/19/13
- "A Sustainable Budget Should Endure Any Storm," New York Times, 3/31/13
- "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor and Your Economists, Too," New York Times, 2/12/13
2012
- "Wishful Thinking and Middle-Class Taxes," New York Times, 12/30/12
- "Slugging It Out, Inside Obama's Mind," New York Times,11/25/12
- "Competition is Healthy for Governments, Too," New York Times, 4/15/12
- "Capital Gains, Ordinary Income and Shades of Gray," New York Times, 3/4/12
- "A Better Tax System (Assembly Instructions Included)," New York Times, 1/22/12
- "Dear Mr. Bernanke: Please Tell Us More," New York Times, 1/1/12
2011
- "Know What You're Protesting," New York Times, 12/4/11
- "Four Nations, Four Lessons," New York Times, 10/22/11
- "How to Make Business Want to Invest Again," New York Times, 9/11/11
- "What's With All the Bernanke Bashing?", New York Times, 7/31/11
- "Seriously, Some Consensus About Health Care," New York Times, 6/19/11
- "If You Have the Answers, Tell Me," New York Times, 5/7/11
- "It's 2026, and the Debt Is Due," New York Times, 3/27/11
- "Emerging Markets as Partners, Not Rivals," New York Times, 2/13/11
- "How to Break Bread With the Republicans," New York Times, 1/2/11
2010
- "The Blur Between Spending and Taxes," New York Times, 11/20/10
- "I Can Afford Higher Taxes. But They'll Make Me Work Less," New York Times, 10/9/10
- "A Course Load for the Game of Life," New York Times, 9/4/10
- "The Trilemma of International Finance," New York Times, 7/11/10
- "Crisis Economics," National Affairs, Summer 2010
- "Can a Soda Tax Save Us From Ourselves?", New York Times, 6/4/10
- "Much to Love, and Hate, in a VAT," New York Times, 4/30/10
- "Trying to Tame the Unknowable," New York Times, 3/28/10
- "What's Sustainable About This Budget?", New York Times, 2/14/10
- "Bernanke and the Beast," New York Times, 1/17/10
2009
- "Tax Cuts Might Accomplish What Spending Hasn't," New York Times, 12/13/09
- "Questions about Fiscal Policy: Implications from the Financial Crisis of 2008-2009," Panel Discussion, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Policy Forum, 12/4/09
- "Supply-Side Ideas, Turned Upside Down," New York Times, 11/1/09
- "Back in Demand," Wall Street Journal, 9/21/09
- "Why Health Care Will Never Be Equal," New York Times, 9/20/09
- "A Missed Opportunity on Climate Change," New York Times, 8/9/09
- "The Pitfalls of the Public Option," New York Times, 6/28/09
- "That Freshman Course Won't Be Quite the Same," New York Times, 5/24/09
- "It May Be Time for the Fed to Go Negative," New York Times, 4/19/09
- "Finding Messages in a Blueprint," New York Times, 3/15/09
- "It's No Time for Protectionism," New York Times, 2/8/09
- "Is Government Spending Too Easy an Answer?", New York Times, 1/11/09
2008
- "What Would Keynes Have Done?", New York Times, 11/30/08
- "Memo to the POTUS-elect," New York Times, 11/9/08
- "But Have We Learned Enough?", New York Times, 10/26/08
- "On Dividend Taxes, It's a Post-Partisan Race," New York Times, 9/7/08
- "What If The Candidates Pandered to Economists?", New York Times, 7/13/08
- "The Problem with the Corporate Tax," New York Times, 6/1/08
- "The Wealth Trajectory: Rewards for the Few," New York Times, 4/20/08
- "Beyond the Noise on Free Trade," New York Times, 3/16/08
- "My Birthday Wish: Not Burdening Our Children," New York Times, 2/3/08
2007
- "How to Avoid Recession? Let the Fed Work," New York Times, 12/23/07
- "Beyond Those Health Care Numbers," New York Times, 11/04/07
- “One Answer to Global Warming: A New Tax,” New York Times, 9/16/07
- “Fair Taxes? Depends What You Mean by 'Fair',” New York Times, 7/15/07
2006
- “Raise the Gas Tax,” Wall Street Journal, 10/20/06
- “Dynamic Analysis," Wall Street Journal, 7/26/06
- “Mr. Paulson's Challenge,” Wall Street Journal, 5/31/06
- “Reflections on the Trade Deficit and Fiscal Policy,” meeting of the American Economic Association, January 2006
- “Repeat After Me,” Wall Street Journal, 1/3/06 (page A12)
2005
- “Questions for Ben Bernanke,” Wall Street Journal, 10/28/05 (page A12)
- “Price Dynamics: Three Open Questions,” Comments Presented at Federal Reserve Conference, September 2005
- Comment on “Separating the Business Cycle from Other Economic Fluctuations” by Robert E. Hall, Jackson Hole Conference, August 2005
- Comment on “Asset Returns and Economic Growth” by Baker, DeLong, and Krugman, Brookings Panel on Economic Activity, 3/31/05
- "Why Democrats Oppose Bush," New Republic, 3/21/05
- "Free Advice for Democrats," Wall Street Journal, 3/3/05
- Letter of Resignation as Chairman of Council of Economic Advisers, 2/9/05
- "Honoring Massachusetts: A Tradition of Leadership," 1/19/05
- "Social Security Reform: National Saving and Macroeconomic Performance in the Global Economy," 1/17/05
2004
- "It is Time to Fix Social Security," Wall Street Journal, 12/16/04
- The Economic Agenda:Johns Hopkins University Speech, 12/6/04
- The Economic Agenda: American Enterprise Institute Speech, 12/2/04
- Macroeconomic Advisers Washington Policy Conference, 9/9/04
- "Not a Hooverville in Sight," New York Times, 8/22/04
- NABE Speech, 3/25/04
- "Keeping Fannie and Freddie's houses in order," Financial Times, 2/24/04
- Remarks on the 2004 Economic Report, 2/17/04
- Testimony on the Economic Report of the President, 2/10/04
- The Economic Outlook: House Budget Committee Testimony, 2/3/04
2003
- Marshall Society Interview, 12/23/03
- The Manufacturing Sector Speech, 12/17/03
- GSE Reform: Conference of State Bank Supervisors Speech, 11/6/03
- The Estate Tax: NBER Tax Policy and the Economy Speech, 11/4/03
- China's Trade and U.S. Manufacturing Jobs Testimony, 10/30/03
- Minority Enterprise Development Week Speech, 9/29/03
- NABE speech, 9/15/03
- "Deficits and Economic Priorities," Washington Post, 7/16/03
- Confirmation Testimony, 5/13/03
2001
- "The Cost of a 'Living Wage'," Boston Globe, 6/24/01
2000 Columns in FORTUNE Magazine
- "Bush is a Leader The Economy Can Trust," 11/13/00
- "The Estate Tax Is One Death Penalty Too Many," 9/4/00
- "A Plane Idea: Make the Airlines Suffer," 7/11/00
- "Ukraine: How Not To Run an Economy," 6/12/00
- "The Sensible Way to Dismember Microsoft," 5/29/00
- "D.C., Stay Out of the New Economy," 5/15/00
- "How Irrational Is Our Exuberance?", 4/17/00
- "Candidates Need Clues, Not Tax Plans," 3/20/00
- "Is the Economy Recession-Proof?", 2/21/00
- "Why Getting Married Still Costs You," 1/24/00
1999 Columns in FORTUNE Magazine
- "A Theory for an Open World," 12/20/99
- "The Dow Will Hit 36,000! (Someday)," 11/9/99
- "So Who Do We Thank for This Boom?", 10/11/99
- "Why Shouldn't We Die Tax-Free?", 9/6/99
- "A Greenspan Exit Strategy," 8/2/99
- "Vouchers: Schools Need Competition," 7/7/99
- "Gas Tax Now!", 5/24/99
- "U.S. Trade Policy Is Just Plain Schizo," 4/12/99
- "How to Screw Up Social Security," 3/15/99
- "Are We a Nation of Spendthrifts?", 2/15/99
- "Memo to Tokyo: Cut Taxes, Print Money," 1/11/99
1998 Columns in FORTUNE Magazine
- "Should Alan Greenspan Be Worrying About Deflation?", 12/7/98
- "Let's Pass the Buck to Russia," 11/9/98
- "Why We Don't Speak Esperanto," 10/12/98
- "Be Fruitful and Multiply," 9/7/98
- "Government Debt: A Horror Story," 8/3/98
- "The Economist of the Century," 7/6/98
- "Where Economists Put Their Money," 6/9/98
- "Self-Help for Spenders," 5/11/98
- "A Great Pyramid Scheme," 4/13/98
- "Ax Taxes for Xers!", 3/16/98
- "Bob Dole vs. Microsoft (Go, Microsoft!)," 2/16/98
- "Why Pay More for Ketchup?", 1/12/98
1997 Columns in FORTUNE Magazine
- "Alan Greenspan's Tradeoff," 12/8/97
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