Topical Essays

Invention Has less Effect on Growth than Previously
(Le Monde | January 5, 2023) English version in MS Word.

Les inventions ont moins d’effets sur la croissance qu’autrefois
(Le Monde | January 5, 2023) French version as published.

The Industry Anatomy of the Transatlantic Productivity Growth Slowdown: Similarities Outweigh the Differences
(With Hassan Sayed | Vox EU | August 2019)

Why Robots Will Not Decimate Human Jobs
(LinkedIn | November 15, 2016)

American Growth Has Slowed Down: Get Used to It
(Politico magazine | September, 2016)

Corporate Tax Reform is Vital to Boosting America’s Growth
(Financial Times | August 25, 2016)

Can Clinton or Trump Recapture Robust American Growth?
(New York Times | August 8, 2016)

The Turtle’s Progress: Secular Stagnation Meets the Headwinds
(VOX | August 15, 2016)

Off Its Pinnacle
(In Finance and Development, IMF Quarterly, vol. 53(2), June 2016, pp. 33-37)

The Great Stagnation of American Education
(The New York Times | September 7, 2013)

Why Innovation Won’t Save Us
(The Wall Street Journal | December 22, 2012
Reduced Version of print article and legible version of web version of print article)

Dissent on Recession’s End
(Economix, April 12, 2010)

A Broken Economic Law
(Louis Uchitelle | Economix | February 22, 2010)

Green Shoot or Dead Twig: Can unemployment claims predict the end of the American recession?
(VOX | May 1, 2009)

The Rise in American Inequality
(VOX | June 19, 2008)

Europe’s employment growth revived after 1995 while productivity growth slowed: Is it a coincidence?
(VOX | April 15, 2008)

Top 10 Airline Events of the 1990s
(Aviation Daily | December 27, 1999)

The Hub Premium Myth
(Aviation Daily | October 28, 1999)

Airline Competition Beyond the Millennium
(Aviation Daily | August 18, 1999)

Deregulation Hasn’t Concentrated Airline Power, Analysis Shows
(Aviation Daily | December 18, 1998)

Flights of Fancy: Reregulating Nation’s Airlines, a Foolish Idea
(Chicago Tribune | April 7, 1998)