The September 11 attacks in New York and Washington have already cost America thousands of lives and billions of dollars in damages. But those are only the direct costs. How severe and how lasting will the impact be on our economy as whole? And how will new burdens on the federal government, including a military buildup and a bailout of the airline industry, affect fiscal policy? Should the government cut taxes or increase spending to get the economy moving again?
Articles
I recently joined Bill Whalen on the Hoover Institution’s Matters of Policy & Politics podcast to discuss a few of my favorite subjects: regulation, deregulation, and the economic consequences of government rules.
October 29, 2026
Videos
Greg Kaplan on the history of macroeconomic theory from Keynesian to Heterogeneous Agent New Keynesian Models, Bob Hall and Michael Woodford’s Nobel Prize, and his contributions to modeling heterogeneous agents.
October 29, 2026
Videos
The unintended consequences of government intervention—and why voters keep supporting it.
October 27, 2026
