Archive of Articles by Martin Feldstein

Economic Research Papers

"Rethinking Social Insurance" Presidential Address to American Economic Association, January 8, 2005.
(Full text as published in American Economic Review, March 2005)
Chinese translation as published in Journal of Comparative Economics, April 2006

Social Security Reform -- Non-Technical Papers

Public Finance in China: Reform and Growth for a Harmonious Society, World Bank, 2007, chapter 17
(Chinese translation)

Realizing the Potential of China's Social Security Pension System, , February 24, 2006
With Jeffrey Liebman (Published in China Economic Times and reprinted in Jiwei Lou and Shuilin Wang, editors)

Saving Social Security, July 2005

Structural Reform of Social Security, Spring 2005
(Full text as published in Journal of Economic Perspectives)
(Chinese translation)

The $110,000 Question, September 2004
Fact vs. Fancy: The Skinny on Social Security, August 2004
Reducing the Risk of Investment-Based Social Security Reform: A Progress Report, August 2004
The Future of Social Security Pensions in Europe, September 2001
Social Security Reform and Fiscal Policy in the Clinton Administration, June 28, 2001
Bush's All-Gain, No-Pain Retirement Plan, The Washington Post, July 17, 2000
Allocating Payroll Tax Revenue To Personal Retirement Accounts,Tax Notes, June 19, 2000
Bush's Low-Risk Pension Reforms, The New York Times, May 22, 2000
Common Ground on Social Security, The New York Times, March 31, 1999
Social Security Reform, America's Golden Opportunity,Economist, March 13, 1999
Clinton's Social Security Sham, February 1, 1999
How To Save Social Security, The New York Times,July 27, 1998
Savings Grace, The New Republic, April 6, 1998
Let's Really Save Social Security, Wall Street Journal, February 10, 1998
A New Era of Social Security, The Public Interest, Winter 1998

Articles in the Wall Street Journal

 Tariffs Should Target Chinese Lawlessness, Not the Trade Deficit, The Wall Street Journal, December 27, 2018
Raise Rates Today to Fight a Recession Tomorrow, The Wall Street Journal, November 27, 2018
Save Low Interest for a Rainy Day, The Wall Street Journal, July 26, 2018
The Use-and Abuse-of Tariffs, The Wall Street Journal, July 5, 2018
How to Make Trade Peace With China, The Wall Street Journal, April 5, 2018
Reagan's Cure for America's Debt Disease, The Wall Street Journal, March 5, 2018
Stocks Are Headed for a Fall, The Wall Street Journal, January 17, 2018
New Priorities for a New Fed Regime, The Wall Street Journal, November 29, 2017
Corporate Tax Reform Is the Key to Growth, The Wall Street Journal, November 5, 2017
We're Richer Than We Realize, The Wall Street Journal, September 8, 2017
How to Make the Tax System Fairer and Save Social Security, The Wall Street Journal, July 19, 2017
Balancing Lost Tax Revenue the Reagan Way, The Wall Street Journal, April 26, 2017
The House GOP's Good Tax Trade-Off, The Wall Street Journal, January 5, 2017
Seeing Eye to Eye on Corporate Tax Cuts, The Wall Street Journal, December 12, 2016
Squaring Trumponomics With Reality, The Wall Street Journal, November 15, 2016
Why the Fed Should Raise Rates Now, The Wall Street Journal, October 6, 2016
Where the Fed Will Be When the Next Downturn Comes, The Wall Street Journal, July 5, 2016
Ending the Fed's Inflation Fixation, The Wall Street Journal, May 17, 2016
The U.S. Economy Is in Good Shape, The Wall Street Journal, February 21, 2016
A Federal Reserve Oblivious to Its Effect on Financial Markets , The Wall Street Journal, January 13, 2016
The Uncounted Trillions in the Inequality Debate, The Wall Street Journal,December 5, 2015
A Tax Boon for Working Women, The Wall Street Journal, October 5 2015
The Fed's Stock-Price Correction, The Wall Street Journal, August 24, 2015
The U.S. Underestimates Growth, The Wall Street Journal, May 18, 2015
The Fed Needs to Step Up Its Pace of Rate Increases, The Wall Street Journal, March 30, 2015
The Fed's Needless Flirtation With Danger, The Wall Street Journal, December 25, 2014
The Fed's Systemic-Risk Balancing Act, The Wall Street Journal, August 11, 2014
Warning: Inflation Is Running Above 2%, June 9, 2014
Piketty's Numbers Don't Add Up, May 15, 2014
The Fed's Missing Guidance, March 31, 2014
A Hype-Free Way to Help Low-Wage Workers , December 13, 2013
How to Create a Real Economic Stimulus , September 17, 2013 The Fed Should Start to 'Taper' Now , July 2, 2013
The Federal Reserve's Policy Dead End, May 9, 2013
A Simple Route to Major Deficit Reduction, February 21, 2013
The Fed's Dangerous Direction, January 3, 2013
Martin Feldstein: Romney's Tax Plan Can Raise Revenue, August 28, 2012
China's Biggest Problems Are Political, Not Economic , August 2, 2012
A Weaker Euro Could Rescue Europe , June 27, 2012
Everyone Should Pay for Cyber Defense , April 22, 2012
Europe Needs the Bond Vigilantes , April 5, 2012
The Euro Zone's Double Failure , December 15, 2011
The Tax Reform Evidence From 1986 ,October 24, 2011
A Falling Dollar Will Mean a Faster U.S. Recovery, August 1, 2011
The Economy Is Worse Than You Think , June 8, 2011
Private Accounts Can Save Social Security , May 2, 2011
Still an Economic Mistake, March 7, 2011
Want to Boost the Economy? Lower Corporate Tax Rates, February 15, 2011
The Deficit Dilemma and Obama's Budget ,November 18, 2010
The 'Tax Expenditure' Solution for Our National Debt ,July 20, 2010
Extend the Bush Tax Cuts-For Now , May 12, 2010
How Obama Should Shrink His Deficit , February 18, 2010
Missing the Target , January 20, 2010
ObamaCare's Crippling Deficits , September 7, 2009
ObamaCare Is All About Rationing, August 18, 2009
How to Save an "Underwater" Mortgage , August 7, 2009
Tax Increases Could Kill the Recovery , May 13, 2009
Geithner's Bank Plan is a Good Start, April 4, 2009
Defense Spending Would Be Great Stimulus , December 24,2008
How to Help People Whose Home Values Are Underwater , November, 2008
The Problem Is Still Falling House Prices, October, 2008
John McCain Has a Tax Plan To Create Jobs , Joint with John B. Taylor, September, 2008
The Tax Rebate Was a Flop. Obama's Stimulus Plan Won't Work Either. , August, 2008
We Can Lower Oil Prices Now , July, 2008
Enough With the Interest Rate Cuts ,April, 2008
How to Stop the Mortgage Crisis ,March, 2008
Our Economic Dilemma,February, 2008
How to Avert Recession ,December, 2007
Social Security Compromise,October, 2007
Liquidity Now!,September, 2007
The Fed's Difficult Task , August, 2006
Tradeable Gasoline Rights , June, 2006
The Dollar at Home -- and Abroad , April, 2006
There's More to Growth than China ..., February, 2006
Raise Taxes on Savings? Tell Joe It Ain't So!, December 2005
Saving Social Security, July 2005
The $110,000 Question, September 1, 2004
Fact vs. Fancy: The Skinny on Social Security, August 17, 2004
Here Are the Facts, February 12, 2004
Health and Taxes, January 19, 2004
There's No Such Thing As a 'Jobless' Recovery, October 10, 2003
Stimulate Now, March 4, 2003
Argentina Doesn't Need the IMF, May 28, 2002
Tax Cuts, Rate Cuts Put the Economy Back on Track, March 13, 2002
Vouchers Can Free Us From Foreign Oil, December 27, 2001
Don't Cut Taxes - Yet, September 28, 2001
Democrats Play Politics With Social Security, August 2, 2001
Japan Needs To Stimulate Spending, July 16, 2001
The 28% Solution, February 16, 2001
Kill the Death Tax Now..., July 14, 2000
Bush's Tax Plan Is Even Better Than the Campaign Says, March 28, 2000
Europe Can't Handle the Euro, February 8, 2000
Bush's Tax Plan Makes Sense, December 6, 1999
Dr. Bradley's Bad Medicine, October 19, 1999
Japan's Yen for a Weak Currency, September 24, 1999
The Truth About the Surplus, August 6, 1999
What Next for Japan?, June 17, 1999
What the IMF Should Do, October 6, 1998
All Is Not Lost for the Won, June 2, 1998
Don't Raise Rates Now, May 13, 1998
Let's Really Save Social Security, February 10, 1998
Japan's Folly Drags Asia Down, November 25, 1997
Dont Waste the Budget Surplus, November 4, 1997

Articles in the Financial Times, Washington Post, New York Times and Foreign Affairs

 Another Recession Is Looming, The Wall Street Journal, September 27, 2018
Everything you need to know about trade economics, in 70 words, The Washington Post, May 5, 2017
A Conservative Case for Climate Action, New York Times, February 8, 2017
The Fed's Unconventional Monetary Policy, The Foreign Affairs, April-May 2016
Beyond quantitative easing in the eurozone, The Financial Times, January 16, 2015
America can only beat Isis by spending more on defence, The Financial Times, September 30, 2014
End the currency manipulation debate, The Financial Times, May 15, 2014
Saving the Fed from Itself,The New York Times, December 8, 2013
Slowing the growth of U.S. Debt, The Washington Post, November 11, 2013
A weak euro is Europe's best means of beating deflation, The Financial Times, November 7, 2013
The Fed is wrong to put off the return to normality, The Financial Times, September 22, 2013
An end to austerity will not boost Europe, The Financial Times, July 9, 2013
It's time to cap tax deductions, The Washington Post, March 13, 2013
The Tax Hike Canard, The Foreign Affairs, January 2013 issue
The US is unlikely to avoid "fiscal cliff", The Financial Times, October 24, 2012
Fed joins ECB in a high-risk move, The Financial Times, September 27, 2012
A rapid fall in the euro can save Spain, The Financial Times, July 24, 2012
Taxpayers must backstop Spain's budget, The Financial Times, April 30, 2012
Obama's tax hikes threaten a new US recession, The Financial Times, March 19, 2012
Weaker euro will help solve Europe deficit woes, The Financial Times, December 19, 2011
The Failure of the Euro, The Foreign Affairs, January/February 2012 issue
Italy can save itself and the Euro, The Financial Times, November 30, 2011
How to Stop the Drop in Home Values, The New York Times, October 13, 2011
Forget the debt: its jobs that will define Obama's future, The Financial Times, July 25, 2011
The Latest Challenge to ECB Independence, The Financial Times, June 30, 2011
Postponing Greece's inevitable default, The Financial Times, June 22, 2011
Raise Taxes, but Not Tax Rates, The New York Times, May 4, 2011
How to cut the deficit without raising taxes, The Washington Post, November 29, 2010
QE2 is risky and should be limited, The Financial Times, November 3, 2010
A double dip is a price worth paying, The Financial Times, July 22,2010
For a Solution to the Euro Crisis, Look to the States, The Washington Post, May 18, 2010
Let Greece Take a Holiday from the Eurozone, The Financial Times, February 17, 2010
Dollar Weakness Reflects a New Role for Reserves, The Financial Times, December 10, 2009
Obamacare's Nasty Surprise, The Washington Post, November 9, 2009
Why the renminbi has to rise to address imbalances, The Financial Times, October 29, 2009
A Better Way to Health Reform, The Washington Post, October 8, 2009
Obama's Plan Isn't the Answer, The Washington Post, July 28, 2009
Does the US Need Another Fiscal Stimulus, The Washington Post, July 12, 2009
The Fed must reassure markets on inflation, The Financial Times, June 29, 2009
Cap-and-Trade: All Cost, No Benefit, The Washington Post, June 1, 2009
Inflation is looming on America's horizon The Financial Times, April 19, 2009
A Deduction From Charity, The Washington Post, March 25, 2009
An $800 Billion Mistake, The Washington Post, January 29, 2009
The Stimulus Plan We Need Now - The President-Elect Won't Have to Wait Till January to Act, The Washington Post, October 30, 2008
A Chapter for Detroit to Open, The Washington Post, November 18, 2008
The Power of Oil Consumers, The Washington Post, Joint with Henry Kissinger, September 18, 2008
How to shore up America’s crumbling housing market, The Financial Times, August 26,2008
The crisis: a tale of two monetary policies The Financial Times , August 7, 2008
A Home Price Firewall, The Washington Post, June 19,2008
Saudi Arabia should ditch its dollar peg, The Financial Times, June 18,2008
Misleading growth statistics give false comfort, The Financial Times, May 7,2008
The dollar may be falling at just the right time, The Financial Times, March 28,2008
A more competitive dollar is good for America, The Financial Times , October 15, 2007
The Underfunded Pentagon, Foreign Affairs, March/April 2007
Immigration is no way to fund an ageing population,The Financial Times, December 13,2006
Europe has to face the threat of America's trade deficit, The Financial Times , August 2,2006
The Return of Saving,Foreign Affairs , May/June 2006
Falling Dollar Sets Test for Asia and Europe, The Financial Times , May 26, 2006
What Remains of Keynes' Work in Today'sEconomics?, The Financial Times Deutschland , April 21,2006
America will fall harder if oil prices rise again,The Financial Times, February 2006
Why Uncle Sam's bonanza might not be all that it seems, The Financial Times, January 2006
Fiscal Activism Would Speed a Recovery,The Financial Times, August 2003
Britain Must Avoid Germany's Mistake,The Financial Times, April 2003
Accounting for Taxpayer Behavior, The Washington Post, April 2003
Argentina's Fall: Lessons From the Latest Financial Crisis, Foreign Affairs, March/April 2002
A productivity divide: US economic performance will rebound but Europe risks being left behind,The Financial Times, June 28, 2001
A Self-Help Guide for Emerging Markets, Foreign Affairs, March/April, 1999
Refocusing the IMF, Foreign Affairs, March/April 1998
The Case for Privatization, Foreign Affairs, July/August 1997
EMU and International Conflict, Foreign Affairs, November/December 1997

Articles in Project Syndicate

 Will the US Capitulate to China?, Project Syndicate, February 25, 2019
There Is No Sino-American Trade War, Project Syndicate, January 29, 2019
Why Is the Fed Still Raising Interest Rates?, Project Syndicate, December 27, 2018
How to Save Social Security Systems, Project Syndicate, November 28, 2018
Falling Share Prices and the Outlook for the US Economy, Project Syndicate, October 29, 2018
The China Tariff Mess, Project Syndicate, September 28, 2018
What Next for the US Stock Market?, Project Syndicate, August 28, 2018
How to Increase America's Saving Rate, Project Syndicate, July 26, 2018
Global Aging and Fiscal Solvency, Project Syndicate, July 2, 2018
America’s Exploding Budget Deficit, Project Syndicate, May 29, 2018
The Next Step for Chinese Economic Policy, Project Syndicate,April 23, 2018
The Real Reason for Trump's Steel and Aluminum Tariffs, Project Syndicate, March 15, 2018
Why Are US Interest Rates High and Rising?, Project Syndicate, February 27, 2018
The Heightened Risks of a US Downturn, Project Syndicate, January 26, 2018
Economics and American National Security, Project Syndicate, December 26, 2017
Cutting US Corporate Tax Is Worth the Cost, Project Syndicate, November 27, 2017
Europe's Economic Dilemma, Project Syndicate,October 30, 2017
The International Consequences of US Tax Reform, Project Syndicate, September 27, 2017
Tax Reform and Budget Deficits in America, Project Syndicate, August 29, 2017
How Would Health-Care Reform Affect Patient Health?, Project Syndicate, July 26, 2017
Does Addressing Bilateral Trade Imbalances Work?, Project Syndicate, June 27, 2017
Trump's Foreign Policy Reversals, Project Syndicate, May 30, 2017
Inconvenient Truths About the US Trade Deficit, Project Syndicate, April 25, 2017
The Risks to America's Booming Economy, Project Syndicate, March 29, 2017
A Conservative Plan to Combat Global Warming, Project Syndicate, February 21, 2017
The Shape of US Tax Reform, Project Syndicate, January 30, 2017
The Destructive Power of Inflation, Project Syndicate, December 22, 2016
Will Trump's Plan Really Boost US Demand?, Project Syndicate, November 28, 2016
What Could Go Wrong in America?, Project Syndicate, October 26, 2016
How Scary is Disruptive Technology?, Project Syndicate, September 28, 2016
Reducing Inequality and Poverty in America, Project Syndicate, August 23, 2016
America's Exploding Deficit, Project Syndicate, July 25, 2016
How EU Overreach Pushed Britain Out, Project Syndicate, June 28, 2016
A Debt Agenda for the G7, Project Syndicate, May 23, 2016
Japan's Economic Quandary, Project Syndicate, April 29, 2016
China's Next Agenda, Project Syndicate, March 29, 2016
Stopping America's Federal Debt Explosion, Project Syndicate, February 27, 2016
The Shortcomings of Quantitative Easing in Europe, Project Syndicate, January 29, 2016
The Global Economy Confronts Four Geopolitical Risks, Project Syndicate, December 28, 2015
China's Latest Five-Year Plan, Project Syndicate, November 28, 2015
Chile's Uncertain Future, Project Syndicate, October 28, 2015
The Chinese Economy and Fed Policy, Project Syndicate , September 29, 2015
Will Americans Become Poorer? , Project Syndicate, August 31, 2015
Are US Middle Class Incomes Really Stagnating?, Project Syndicate, June 30, 2015
What is Full Employment?, Project Syndicate, June 29, 2015
America's Risky Recovery, Project Syndicate, April 28, 2015
A Window on China's New Normal, Project Syndicate, March 27, 2015
The Deflation Bogeyman, Project Syndicate, February 28, 2015
The Eurozone Needs More than QE, Project Syndicate, January 28, 2015
Obama's Passage to India, Project Syndicate, December 29, 2014
The Geopolitical Impact of Cheap Oil, Project Syndicate, November 26, 2014
Mexico's Powerful Energy Reforms, Project Syndicate, October 28, 2014
Why the Fed Will Go Faster, Project Syndicate, September 30, 2014
Bringing It Back Home, Project Syndicate, August 27, 2014
Fighting the Fed, Project Syndicate, July 23, 2014
New Hope for India, Project Syndicate, June 28, 2014
America's Move to Faster Growth, Project Syndicate, May 27, 2014
A Weaker Euro for a Stronger Europe, Project Syndicate, April 30, 2014
A Healthy Path to Chinese Consumption Growth , Project Syndicate, March 31, 2014
Saving Retirement, Project Syndicate,February 28, 2014
The Future of American Growth, Project Syndicate,January 31, 2014
Looking Up in 2014?, Project Syndicate,December 31, 2013
The Greek Budget Myth , Project Syndicate,November 27, 2013
Obamacare's Fatal Flaw , Project Syndicate, October 29, 2013
The Taper Chase , Project Syndicate, September 30, 2013
US Interest Rates Will Continue to Rise , Project Syndicate, August 28, 2013
Decoding Bernanke , Project Syndicate, July 29, 2013
Why Is US Inflation So Low?, Project Syndicate, June 28, 2013
America's Misplaced Deficit Complacency , Project Syndicate, May 30, 2013
China's New Path , Project Syndicate, April 29, 2013
When Interest Rates Rise , Project Syndicate, March 30, 2013
Two Dollar Fallacies , Project Syndicate, February 28, 2013
The Wrong Growth Strategy for Japan , Project Syndicate, January 17, 2013
India's Second Wind , Project Syndicate, December 27, 2012
Avoiding a New American Recession , Project Syndicate, November 30, 2012
An Optimistic Case for the Euro , Project Syndicate, October 30, 2012
Fixing America's Fiscal Problem, Project Syndicate, September 30, 2012
Is Inflation Returning?, Project Syndicate, August 29, 2012
Dos and Don'ts for the European Central Bank , Project Syndicate, July 29, 2012
The Impotence of the Federal Reserve , Project Syndicate, June 27, 2012
France's Broken Dream, Project Syndicate, May 26, 2012
The Economy and the Presidency , Project Syndicate, April 29, 2012
Fed Policy and Inflation Risk , Project Syndicate, March 31, 2012
Europe's Empty Fiscal Compact, Project Syndicate, February 27, 2012
How to Create a Depression, Project Syndicate, January 16, 2012
The French Don't Get It, Project Syndicate, December 28, 2011
Europe is Not the United States, Project Syndicate, November 29, 2011
America's Economic Stalemate, Project Syndicate, October 26, 2011
Europes High Risk Gamble, Project Syndicate, September 27, 2011
China's New Currency Policy, Project Syndicate, August 23, 2011
Why is America's Budget Deficit So Large?, Project Syndicate, July 29, 2011
What's Happening to the US Economy?, Project Syndicate, June 29, 2011
After the Greek Default, Project Syndicate, May 26, 2011
The G-20's Empty Gestures, Project Syndicate, April 26, 2011
China's Five-Year Plan and Global Interest Rates, Project Syndicate, March 29, 2011
The End of China's Surplus, Project Syndicate , January 28, 2011
What's So Good about America's Tax Package?, Project Syndicate , December 29, 2010
Quantitative Easing and the Renminbi, Project Syndicate , November 26, 2010
Why Has America's Economic Recovery Stalled?, Project Syndicate , October 25, 2010
The Future of the Dollar, Project Syndicate , October 20, 2010
Japan's Savings Crisis, Project Syndicate , September, 2010
America's Saving Surprise, Project Syndicate , August, 2010
The Hidden Future of the US Economy, Project Syndicate , July, 2010
Inflation or Deflation?, Project Syndicate , June, 2010
Chronicle of a Currency Crisis Foretold, Project Syndicate , May, 2010
Why Greece Will Default, Project Syndicate , April, 2010
Is the Euro Overvalued?, Project Syndicate , March, 2010
How Safe are Your Dollars?, Project Syndicate , February, 2010
America's Growth in the Decade Ahead, Project Syndicate , January, 2010
Is the Reagan-Thatcher Revolution Over?, Project Syndicate , January, 2010
Is Gold a Good Hedge? Project Syndicate , December, 2009
Can the Euro Zone Survive Economic Recovery? Project Syndicate , November, 2009
The Global Impact of America's Health Care Debate Project Syndicate , October, 2009
The G-20's Empty Promises Project Syndicate , September, 2009
The Global Impact of America's Housing Crisis Project Syndicate , August, 2009
America's Saving Rate and the Dollar's Future Project Syndicate , July, 2009
Will Cap-and-Trade Incite Protectionism? Project Syndicate , June, 2009
Has the US Recovery Begun? Project Syndicate , May, 2009
Deflation Doldrums? Project Syndicate , April, 2009
China's Recovery and Global Growth Project Syndicate , March, 2009
The Black Hole in America's GDP Project Syndicate , February, 2009
The Case for Fiscal Stimulus Project Syndicate , January, 2009
Will the Euro Survive the Current Crisis? Project Syndicate , December, 2008
America's Economic Challenge Project Syndicate,September 2008
What is the Dollar's Sustainable Value?, Project Syndicate, July, 2008
Dollar and the Price of Oil Syndicate, May, 2008
The Declining Dollar , Project Syndicate March 12,2008

Other Non-Technical Papers

 Why the Pessimists Are Wrong About the New U.S. Tax Law, Harvard Business Review, January 26, 2018
The Tax Legislation of 2017. Remarks at the AEA meetings, January 4, 2018
Options for Corporate Tax Reform in 2017 in Brookings Panel on Economic Activity, September 2017
Normalizing Monetary Policy, Presented at Cato Institute Monetary Policy Conference, November 16, 2017
The Tax Reform Agenda, National Association for Business Economics, 2017
Reconsidering the Conventional Wisdom about Productivity, Published in International Economy, Fall 2017
Underestimating the Real Growth of GDP, Personal Income, and Productivity, Journal of Economic Perspectives Vol. 31, N0. 2, Spring 2017 - (pp. 145-64)
Reconsidering the Euro for Italy, Italy Europe 24, April 28, 2017
Why the U.S. Is Still Richer Than Every Other Large Country, Harvard Business Review, April 20, 2017
Underestimating the Real Growth of GDP, Personal Income and Productivity, NBER Working Paper No. 23306, March 2017
Why is Growth better in the United States than in other Industrial Countries, NBER Working Paper No. 23221, March 2017
Remarks at the Brookings Institution Conference on Productivity, September 8, 2016
The Council of Economic Advisers: Recollections, Economic Report of the President, 2016
Feldstein says Fed should let the market fall and keep hiking rates, MarketWatch, January 27, 2016
Dealing with Long Term Deficits, AER Papers and Proceedings, forthcoming May 2016
Raising Revenue by Limiting Tax Expenditures, NBER Working Paper No. 20672, November 2014
Raising Revenue by Limiting Tax Expenditures, Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 29 , 2015
Capital Taxation Policy, National Taxation Association Luncheon Address, November 20, 2015
Will This Be America's Next Economic Crisis?, Time Magazine, June 15, 2015
An Economic Checkup, Time Magazine, May 28, 2015
The Future of Fiscal Policy. Forthcoming in O. Blanchard et al, Rethinking Monetary Policy III MIT Press
Ending the Euro Crisis?, NBER Working Paper w20862 , January 2015
Unconventional Monetary Policy, Presented at Brookings Institution Symposium on Monetary Policy, January 16, 2014
How to Achieve Stronger US Growth, Presented at American Economic Association, January 2014 - Published in the Journal of Policy Modeling, July/August 2014
Raj Chetty's John Bates Clark Award, forthcoming in Journal of Economic Perspectives, December 2013
Interview with Paul Volcker Journal of Economic Perspectives,Volume 27, Number 4, Fall 2013
Martin Feldstein interviews Paul Volcker about Monetary Policy, July 10, 2013
Health Insurance and Health Care Spending, Remarks at 2013 American Economic Association Meetings honoring Amy Finkelstein, January 2013
"Dealing with our Fiscal Problems" Remarks at the SIEPR Prize Event December 4, 2012
The Budget Deficit of the United States and the Current Account Deficits of the Eurozone Latin Countries Remarks at dinner honoring Joe Ackermann, October 25, 2012
The Effect of Defense Spending on the US Economy Testimony to House Armed Services Committee, October 26, 2011
Why the Dollar Will Weaken Further The International Economy, Summer, 2011
Another Way To Curb Deficits The Weekly Standard, May 30, 2011
Capping Individual Tax Expenditure Benefits Tax Notes , May 2, 2011
America's Challenge (Kristol Lecture) - Video May 2011
America's Challenge (Kristol Lecture) May 2011.
America's Challenge -- Long Version Essay May 2011.
The Euro and Vaclav Klaus March 2011.
The Role of Currency Realignments in Eliminating the US and China Current Account Imbalances NBER Working Paper 16674, January 2011.
Preventing a National Debt Explosion NBER Working Paper 16451, October 2010.
Will the Eurozone Fragment -- A Debate Economist.com/Debate, May/June 2010
Reuters Interview on US Economy, January, 2010
What Powers for the Federal Reserve? Journal of Economic Literature, 2010
Resolving the Global Imbalance: The Dollar and the U.S. Saving Rate, Journal of Economic Perspectives , Summer, 2008
The Exploding Carbon Tax, The Weekly Standard, June 22, 2009
Rethinking the Role of Fiscal Policy, Presented at the AEA meetings , January, 2009
Lessons of China's Economic Growth: Comment, Presented at the AEA meetings , January, 2009
Reflections on Americans' Views of the Euro Ex Ante, Presented at the AEA meetings , January, 2009, VoxEu.org, 26 January 2009
The Economic Stimulus and Economic Growth, Full Statement for the House Democratic Steering Committee, January 7, 2009
The Economic Stimulus and Economic Growth, Short Testimony to the House Democratic Steering Committee, January 7, 2009
Testimony to House Financial Services Committee, November 18, 2008
Optimal Currency Areas, ECBs Fifth Central Banking Conference, November 14, 2008
The Breakup of the Euro Area: Comment , October, 2008
TV Interview with Charlie Rose on Financial Crisis, September 30, 2008
Credit and the Real Business Cycle, Remarks at the 2008 Money and Banking Seminar of the Central Bank of Argentina
The Current Economic Context, Opening remarks for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Conference on Maintaining Stability in a Changing Financial System, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, August 22, 2008
Stepping Down as NBER President, Remarks at the NBER Summer Institute, July 24, 2008
Monetary Policy Challenges in the Decade Ahead, Remarks at the 7th Bank for International Settlements Annual Conference, June 2008
Testimony to Senate Finance Committee, January 24, 2008
Designing Institutions to Deal with Terrorism in the United States,, Presented at the AEA meetings, January, 2008
Did Wages Reflect Growth in Productivity?, Presented at the AEA meetings, January, 2008
Testimony to House Budget Committee, December 05, 2007
Housing, Housing Finance and Monetary Policy: , Remarks at the 2007 Jackson Hole conference of the Kansas City Federal Reserve, September,2007
The Revolution in Economic Thinking and Practice:, Remarks at the Bradley Foundation Award Ceremony, May 3, 2007
Why is the Dollar So High?, American Economic Association, April, 2007
Balancing The Goals Of Health Care Provision And Financing, Health Affairs, November/December 2006 - Volume 25, Number 6
Remarks to Institute for Defense Analysis and at West Point, 2006
The New Economic Geography: A Comment, remarks at the 2006 Jackson Hole conference of the Kansas City Federal Reserve, August 2006
Taxes on Investment Income Remain Too High and Lead to Multiple Distortions , The Economists' Voice, Vol. 3 (2006): Iss. 6, Article 5
Central Banking: Is Science Replacing Art? Comments at European Central Bank conference in honor of Otmar Issing, March 17, 2006
The Effect of Taxes on Efficiency and Growth, Tax Notes, May 8, 2006.(Remarks Presented at National Association for Business Economists, WDC , March 14, 2006)
The Case for a Competetive Dollar,Remarks at the Annual SIEPR Summit, Stanford University,March 3, 2006
The Euro and the Stability Pact, American Economic Association, January 2005
Risk and Uncertainty in Monetary Policy: Comments on Remarks by Chairman Alan Greenspan, American Economic Association, January 2004
Monetary Policy in an Uncertain Environment, In Monetary Policy and Uncertainty, 2003 Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Jackson Hole Conference Volume
Banking, Budgets, and Pensions: Some Priorities for Chinese Policy, Presented at China Development Research Council Forum, March 2003
Why is Productivity Growing Faster?, Presented at the AEA meetings, January 2003
Reducing America's Dependence on Foreign Oil Supplies, Presented at the AEA meetings, January 2003
Germany's Economic Ills,Essays in Honor of Horst Siebert, 2003
Deflation,November 2002
Milton Friedman and Public Sector Economics, November 2002
A New Strategy for Social Security Investment in Latin America Inter-American Conference on Social Security, Mexico, October 2002
Is There a Role for Discretionary Fiscal Policy? Jackson Hole Federal Reserve Bank Conference, August 2002
The President's Tax Cut Proposal,Testimony to The Senate Budget Committee, February 13, 2001
The President's Tax Cut Proposal,Testimony to The Ways and Means Committee, February 13, 2001
The Transformation of Public Economics Research: 1970-2000,Journal of Public Economics, September 2001
Oil Dependence and National Security: A Market-based System for Reducing U.S. Vulnerability, The National Interest, November 2001
Anna Schwartz at the National Bureau of Economic Research,Remarks made at a dinner honoring Anna Schwartz's 85th birthday, April 14, 2000
Dubyanomics Beats Goremlessness,The Spectator: City and Finance Special Issue, September 30, 2000
Three Decades of Economic Change, JP Morgan - A Fiftieth Meeting Celebration - 2000
A "New Economy" in the United States?, remarks at The Trilateral Commission, 2000 Tokyo Meeting
The NBER-Sloan Project on Productivity Change, remarks at AEA, January 2000
The European Central Bank and the Euro: The First Year, remarks at AEA, January 2000
Protecting Retirement Incomes,written testimony before the Senate Finance Committee, March 16, 1999
Reducing poverty, not inequality, The Public Interest, Fall 1999
No New Architecture, The International Economy, September/October 1999
Avoiding Currency Crises, August 1999
Finally, We're Ready to Cut, but How?, New York Times, July 21, 1999
Much Too High a Price to Pay, The Daily Telegraph, July 2, 1999
The Euro Risk, Time Magazine, January 25, 1999
The Euro Risk, Time (Europe) Magazine, January 25, 1999
Europe's Great Leap of Faith, The New York Times, January 4, 1999
DEFLATION: Don't Panic, The New Republic, November 2, 1998
How to save the rouble, The Financial Times, Wednesday July 8, 1998
Europe's New Challenge to America, The New York Times, May 7, 1998
Savings Grace, The New Republic, April 6, 1998
Trying to do too much, The Financial Times, Thursday March 5, 1998
Europe's Monetary Union the Case Against EMU, The Economist, June 13, 1992

 Boston Globe articles with Kathleen Feldstein


A Rebounding Economy Can Strand Worker, Sunday, February 17, 2002
Uncertainties could derail recovery, Tuesday, January 1, 2002
From Recession to Recovery, Tuesday, December 4, 2001
Global Weakness Won't Drag Us Down, Tuesday, November 6, 2001
Using Economic Weapons, Tuesday, October 16, 2001
A Most Important Number, Tuesday, August 14, 2001
A Welfare-to-Work Success Story, Tuesday, July 17, 2001
The Revolution in Shanghai, Tuesday, June 19, 2001
Looking for Signs of Recession?, Tuesday, May 22, 2001
The Strong Dollar Puzzle, Tuesday, April 24, 2001
Trouble in Tokyo, Tuesday, March 27, 2001
Estate tax repeal makes sense, Tuesday, February 27, 2001
The Budget Surplus and the Tax Cut, Tuesday, January 30, 2001
An Inspired Choice at Treasury, Tuesday, January 2, 2001
A Good Economy for the New President, Tuesday, December 5, 2000
Economic risks from abroad, Tuesday, November 7, 2000
A clear choice on tax policy, Tuesday, October 10, 2000
A Social Security Solution, Tuesday, September 12, 2000
The Candidates' Acid Test, Tuesday, August 15, 2000
Closing our $1b-a-day gap, Tuesday, July 18, 2000
Bushs plan to close the gaps, Tuesday, June 20, 2000
Economy's hot, but Gore's not, Tuesday, May 23, 2000
Sorting out the budget surplus, Tuesday, April 25, 2000
Spending tomorrow's income, Tuesday, March 28, 2000
Poor solution to oil problem, Tuesday, February 29, 2000
China gambles on WTO entry, Tuesday, February 1, 2000
Tax rates that benefit no one, Tuesday, January 4, 2000
Policy before national pride, Tuesday, December 7, 1999
Setting goals for the WTO, Tuesday, November 9, 1999
Economy in Fed's hands, October 12, 1999
Words from the wise man, September 14, 1999
Time to make a choice, August 17, 1999
Saving Grace, July 20, 1999
The case for raising rates, June 22, 1999
Treasury in good hands, May 25, 1999
Social Security's Surplus, April 27, 1999
Medicare should include drugs, March 30, 1999
US, stocks not a good mix, February 2, 1999
Ireland's euro struggle, January 5, 1999
The Euro and Price Stability, December 15, 1998
Averting Crisis in Brazil, November 10, 1998
Put budget surplus to use, October 13, 1998
Yuan likely to remain stable, September 15, 1998
A Penny Saved? Hardly, August 18, 1998
Fed should leave rates alone, July 21, 1998
A marriage proposal, June 23, 1998
Raising the curve in education, May 26, 1998
To IMF: First do no harm, April 28, 1998
Fed won't desert its post, March 31, 1998
Japan's the cause, not cure, March 3, 1998
Who's watching the windfall?, February 3, 1998
Keep your eyes on the dollar, January 6, 1998
A new Old World, December 9, 1997
No Asian contagion looms, November 11, 1997