Professor of Economics at Harvard, was Chairman of President Ronald Reagan\'s Council of Economic Advisers and is a former president of the US National Bureau for Economic Research.
August 22 marked the longest period of rising share prices in US history. But the stock market's nine-year bull run won't last much longer, as three factors drive up long-term interest ra...
Once upon a time, US policymakers believed that more consumer spending was better than higher saving. But even though officials have come to realize that a high level of saving means more...
La reforma del sistema de salud es la principal cuestión en materia de políticas que acapara la atención en Estados Unidos. Una característica crucial del debate es la estimación oficial ...
Durante los cien primeros días de mandato, el presidente de los Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, dio marcha atrás en muchas de las principales posturas en materia de defensa y política comer...
The United States has a trade deficit of about $450 billion, or 2.5% of GDP. That means that Americans import $450 billion of goods and services more than they export to the rest of the w...
After a long and slow recovery from the recession that began a decade ago, the United States economy is now booming. The labor market is at full employment, the inflation rate is rising, ...
Tras una larga y lenta recuperación de la recesión que comenzó hace una década, hoy la economía de Estados Unidos está en auge. El mercado de trabajo está en pleno empleo, la tasa de infl...
Recientemente me sumé a otros ex altos funcionarios republicanos y propusimos un plan para limitar las emisiones de dióxido de carbono. El grupo incluye a Jim Baker, Henry Paulson y Georg...
Major tax reform is high on the agenda for the United States in 2017. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives has been preparing for this for years, creating detailed plans for...
When I was in Argentina last week, I was reminded of the devastating power of high inflation. Argentina’s annual inflation rate is now about 20%, down from an estimated rate of about 40% ...
Although the United States economy is in good shape – with essentially full employment and an inflation rate close to 2% – a world of uncertainty makes it worthwhile to consider what cou...
La oleada constante de mejoras en los vehículos autónomos me han convencido de que, dentro de poco, las carreteras estarán llenas de coches y camiones que funcionarán sin seres humanos al...
The steady stream of improvements in driverless cars has convinced me that before too long the roads will be filled with cars and trucks operating without humans at the wheel. Likewise, I...
Two recent pieces of budget news are a grim reminder of the perilous state of fiscal policy in the United States. President Barack Obama’s Office of Management and Budget announcedthat th...
A thoughtful British friend of mine said to me a few days before the United Kingdom’s “Brexit” referendum that he would vote for Remain because of his concern about the economic uncertain...
