Op-Eds and Letters

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"A fruitless clash of economic opposites"
Financial Times
November 2, 2009
PDF

"Getting Serious about Job Creation: Part 1"
By Aaron Edlin and Edmund Phelps
"The Economists' Voice"
Berkeley Electronic Press
April 27, 2009
LINK

"Uncertainty bedevils the best system"
Financial Times
April 15, 2009
PDF

"The Right Way to Rebuild Georgia"
Real Clear World
November 12, 2008
LINK

"Keynes had no sure cure for slumps"
Financial Times
November 4, 2008
PDF

"Dear Mr. President"
Newsweek
October 22, 2008
LINK

"We must not rely only on the rosiest ratings"
By Roman Frydman, Michael Goldberg and Edmund Phelps
Fiancial Times
October 19, 2008
PDF

"We Need to Recapitalize the Banks"
Wall Street Journal
October 1, 2008
PDF

"In search of a more dynamic economy"
Financial Times
Monday, June 21st, 2008
PDF

"Our Uncertain Economy"
The Wall Street Journal
Friday, March 14th, 2008
PDF

'A strategy to help Afghanistan kick its habit'
with Graciana del Castillo
Financial Times
Friday, January 4th, 2008
PDF

'Innovative thinking for European business'
Financial Times
Saturday, December 15th, 2007
PDF

"Vilifying Remarks Misrepresent Rawls's Ideas"
The Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
PDF

"The Road to Post-War Recovery"
with Graciana del Castillo
Project Syndicate
July 2007
PDF

"Entrepreneurial Culture:
Why European Economies Lag Behind the U.S."
The Wall Street Journal
Monday, February 12th, 2007
PDF

"Evidence-Based Economics"
Project Syndicate
October 2006
PDF

"Dynamic Capitalism:
Entrepreneurship is Lucrative - and Just."
The Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
PDF

"Subsidies that Save"
Project Syndicate
May 2006
PDF

'Global change needs flexibility, not a fixed rule'
Financial Times
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
PDF

"Remedies for New Orleans"
The Wall Street Journal
Monday, October 10th, 2005
PDF

"The Way We Live Now"
The Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, December 28th, 2004
PDF

"Crash, Bang, Wallop"
The Wall Street Journal
Monday, January 5th, 2004
PDF

"The Dynamism of Nations"
Project Syndicate
December 2003
PDF

"False Hopes for the Economy --
And False Fears"
The Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2003
PDF

"European Myths, European Realities"
Project Syndicate
November 2002
PDF

"Structural Booms"
Project Syndicate
April 2001
PDF

"The Economic Case Against Bush's Tax Cut"
Project Syndicate
February 2001
PDF

"Low Inflation, Low Unemployment. What Gives?"
Wall Street Journal
April 2000
PDF

"Refitting the West's Winning Economic Model"
Project Syndicate
March 1997
PDF

"Scapegoating the Natural Rate"
The Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, August 6th, 1996
PDF

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