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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