THU, MAY 7, 10:25 AM EST
We in the Administration have spoken often about the President’s Budget heralding a new era of responsibility—an era in which we not only do what we must to lift our economy out of recession, but in which we also lay a new foundation for long-term growth and prosperity.
MON, MAY 4, 3:35 PM EST
This week is another busy one at OMB: we are releasing the full account-level budget on Thursday.
FRI, MAY 1, 6:00 PM EST
Champagne corks are flying (or more accurately, Diet Coke cans are being opened) here at OMB to congratulate Xavier de Souza Briggs for being awarded tenure by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology today.
MON, APRIL 27, 1:47 PM EST
My co-author and friend Emmanuel Saez was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal on Friday. The prize, which is awarded to the best American economist under the age of forty, is one of the highest honors the economics profession can bestow upon one of its own.