Recent Publications

 

  1. “An Alternative Stimulus Plan”, Wall Street Journal, November 18, 2009
  2. “Reform California’s Outdated Tax System”, with John F. Cogan, opinion, Wall Street Journal, October 1, 2009
  3. “Obama Needs a Move to the Middle”, opinion, Wall Street Journal, July 23, 2009
  4. “The Euro at Ten”, syndicated column, February 17, 2009
  5. “An Experiment of Great Uncertainty”, New York Times, February 10, 2009
  6. “Investors Want Clarity Before They Take Risks”,  Opinion, the Wall Street Journal, January 23, 2009
  7. “Perspectives on the New Architecture for the U.S. National Accounts”, Paper to be presented at the American Economic Association Meetings, San Francisco, California, January 4, 2009
  8. “Bursting the Bubble”, op-ed, New York Times, November 30, 2008
  9. “Our Next President and the Perfect Economic Storm”, opinion, the Wall Street Journal, October 23, 2008
  10. “Learn, Earn, and Serve”, Commencement Address, Stanford University Economics Department, June 17, 2007
  11. “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
  12. “We Will Be the Meatheads If Proposition 82 Passes”, op-ed, LA Times, May 28, 2006
  13.  “Eight Lessons For Public Finance In Developing Economies”, China Development Forum, State Council of the PRC, Beijing, March 2006

14.  “A Broader Perspective on the Tax Reform Debate”, The Economists’ Voice, Dec. 2005

15.  “On the Record: Michael Boskin”, San Francisco Chronicle, October 16, 2005

16.  “Straight Talk on Social Security Reform”, The Economists’ Voice, Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2005

17.  “The Economists’ President”, the Wall Street Journal, January 24, 2005

18.  “Causes And Consequences Of Bias In The Consumer Price Index As A Measure Of The Cost Of Living”, Atlantic Economic Journal, March 2005

19.  “Stick to the Basics”, The Wall Street Journal, October 26, 2004

20.  “Baby Boomers Have the Last Word”, The Wall Street Journal, August 28, 2003

  1.  "From Edgeworth to Vickrey to Mirrlees," The Vickrey Distinguished Lecture, International Atlantic Economic Society, Atlantic Economic Journal, forthcoming March, 2000

22.  "Generalized Solow-Neutral Technical Progress and Postwar Economic Growth", with Lawrence J. Lau, NBER working paper, December 2000

  1. "Economic Measurement: Progress and Challenges," American Economic Review, May 2000
  2. "Capitalism and Its Discontents," The Adam Smith Prize Lecture, Business Economics, January, 1999

25.  "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

  1. 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
  2. "Inflation and Its Discontents," The American Economic Association/American Finance Association Joint Luncheon Address, Hoover Essays in Public Policy, 1997
  3.  "Implications of Overstating Inflation for Indexing Government Programs and Understanding Economic Growth," (with D. Jorgenson), American Economic Review, May 1997
  4. "The CPI Commission: Findings and Recommendations," (with E. Dulberger, R. Gordon, Z. Griliches and D. Jorgenson), American Economic Review, May 1997