Edward Conard

Top Ten New York Times Bestselling Author

  • “Unintended Consequences is far smarter and more thought-provoking than most economics written for the general public” - Greg Mankiw, Harvard University, Former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors
Upside of Inequality Unintended Consequences Oxford

Bloomberg

Does Alan Krueger’s defense of the Obama Admin’s economic policies add up? You be the judge

Last week, I debated Alan Krueger, President Obama’s former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors on Bloomberg TV’s In The Loop with Betty Liu. I made the argument that the administration pumped trillions of dollars of fiscal stimulus into the economy over the last six years, over-predicted the impact stimulus would have on growth, and, as a result, did little else to fix the structural problems slowing the recovery. Because of this, we have suffered five years of ... Read More