Op-Eds, Articles and Publications
Writings on the Economic Crisis
2009
"Obama has lost his way on jobs," Financial Times Onlina, 11 November 2009.
"American has passed on the baton", Financial Times, 29 September 2009
"The G-20: bring on the peer pressure" Post-gazette.com, 25 September 2009
"Paying for What Government Should Do" Scientific American, May 2009
"Needed: A Fiscal Framework -- not a Stimulus" Scientific American, April 2009
"Homegrown Aid," The New York Times, 8 April 2009.
"The Geithner-Summers plan is worse than you think," with Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Ft.com, 6 April 2009.
"The Geithners-Summers Plan is even worse than we thought," Huffington Post blog, 6 April 2009.
"G20 accomplishments beyond expectation," Huffington Post Blog, 2 April 2009.
"Go beyond small steps, " in 'Room for debate: The Art of Persuasion at the G20 Summit', New York Times, 1 April 2009.
"The Economic Need for Stable Policies, Not a Stimulus" Scientific American, March 2009
"Making rich guys richer," Huffington Post Blog, 29 March 2009.
"Crisis with a Cure", Financial Times Health Supplement, 26 March 2009.
"Obama's bank plan could rob the taxpayer," FT.com, 25 March 2009.
"Will Geithner and Summers try to raid the FDIC?", Huffington Post Blog, 23 March 2009.
"Capitalism and Moral Sentiments," Huffington Post Blog, 21 March 2009.
"3 billion poor people need world's help" CNN.com, 20 March 2009
"Transforming the Auto Industry" Scientific American, February 2009
"How to bring back the Big 3", Fortune, 17 February 2009.
"A proposal on how to clean the banks," Huffington Post Blog, 12 February 2009.
"A strategy of contingent nationalisation," FT.com, 5 February 2009.
"Rewriting the rule book for 21st Century capitalism," The Guardian, 28 January 2009.
"The Case for Bigger Government" Time Magazine, 8 January 2009.
2008
"Priorities for Fixing the Financial Crisis" Scientific American, December 2008
"Monday Meltdown: How Lehman's Fall Created a Global Panic" Fortune, 15 December 2008.
"Looking after the Future" Scientific American, November 2008
"A Bridge for the Carmakers" Washingfton Post, 17 November 2008.
"Elite Education, Advanced Research and Innovation - Europe and the US in the Face of Challenges from the 'New World'" 8th Haniel Lecture, Duisburg, Germany, November 13, 2008
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"Obama Needs Time to Rescue Economy" Irish Times, 11 November 2008
"Work With the World: The US cannot go it alone if it is to get through the financial mess", The Guardian, 10 November 2008.
"Boom, Bust, and Recovery in the World Economy" Project Syndicate, October, 2008
"Coping with a Persistent Oil Crisis" Scientific American, October 2008
"The Best Recipe for Avoiding a Global Recession", FT.com, 27 October 2008.
"Amid the rubble of global finance, a blueprint for Bretton Woods II", The Guardian, 21 October 2008.
"How to Rebuild America", Fortune, 14 October 2008
"Puzzlement at banks' bail-out while aid commitments flounder", FT.com, 23 September 2008.
