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Jagadeesh Gokhale
Senior Fellow
Cato senior fellow Jagadeesh Gokhale is widely recognized as one of the nation's leading economists and is an expert on entitlement reform, labor productivity and compensation, U.S. fiscal policy and the impact of fiscal policy on future generations. He works with Cato's Project on Social Security Choice to develop reforms for programs such as Social Security and Medicare. Gokhale served in 2002 as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Treasury and in 2003 as a visiting scholar with the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). He was the senior economic adviser to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland from 1990 to 2003. His most recent book, Fiscal and Generational Imbalances: New Budget Measures for New Budget Priorities, coauthored with Kent Smetters, drew widespread attention when it was published by AEI after the Bush administration declined to include it in the federal budget document for which it had been commissioned. Gokhale has published several papers in such top-tier journals as the American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, and in publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Gokhale holds a Ph.D. in economics from Boston University.
Media Contact: 202-789-5200
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E-Mail: jgokhale@cato.org
Cato Studies
"Globalization: Curse or Cure? Policies to Harness Global Economic Integration to Solve Our Economic Challenge," Policy Analysis no. 659, February 1, 2010.
"Would a Stricter Fed Policy and Financial Regulation Have Averted the Financial Crisis?," by Jagadeesh Gokhale and Peter Van Doren, Policy Analysis no. 648, October 8, 2009.
"Financial Crisis and Public Policy," Policy Analysis no. 634, March 23, 2009.
"The Connection between Wage Growth and Social Security's Financial Condition," Policy Analysis no. 607, December 10, 2007.
"Medicaid's Soaring Cost: Time to Step on the Brakes," Policy Analysis no. 597, July 19, 2007.
Articles and Newsletters
"Review of Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism by George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller," Cato Journal, Fall 2009.
"Measuring the Unfunded Obligations of European Countries," by Jagadeesh Gokhale, NCPA Study No. 319, January, 2009.
"Generational Accounting," by Jagadeesh Gokhale, The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics 2nd edition.
"Wealth, Inheritance and the Estate Tax," by Jagadeesh Gokhale and Pamela Villarreal, NCPA Study No. 289, September 21, 2006.
Opinion and Commentary
"A Financial Super-Regulator," Forbes, October 29, 2009
"Regulatory Cat and Mouse," by Jagadeesh Gokhale and Peter Van Doren, National Post, October 13, 2009
"Hard Truths about End-of-Life Care," by Jagadeesh Gokhale and Angela Erickson, National Review (Online), September 11, 2009
"Old Medicine In A New Bottle," Forbes, September 10, 2009
"A Path to Fiscal Sanity," National Review (Online), August 31, 2009
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"The Cost of Government Guarantees," December 2, 2009
"Frozen Minds on the Medicare Part B Premium Freeze," October 9, 2009
"Skidmore's Weak Defense of Social Security," November 21, 2008
"Helicopter Paulson," November 12, 2008
"Non-Myths about the Financial Crisis," October 22, 2008
Events
"Medicaid's Soaring Costs: Time to Step on the Brakes," July 19, 2007 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"24th Annual Monetary Conference: Federal Reserve Policy in the Face of Crises," November 16, 2006 [Conference]
"The Trouble with Medicaid," September 9, 2005 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"A Minority Viewpoint: The Need to Battle Bipartisan Support for Big Government," June 29, 2005 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Social Security Reform for Deficit Hawks," May 26, 2005 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
Speeches and Testimony
"Mandatory Retirement Age Rules: Is It Time To Re-evaluate?" September 9, 2004
"The Future of Retirement in the United States," January 22, 2004
Multimedia
Jagadeesh Gokhale discusses Social Security on American Public Radio's Marketplace Money August 28, 2009 [Flash Audio, 04:27]
Jagadeesh Gokhale NRO piece discussing health care cited by Mark Levin on ABC's Mark Levin Show August 6, 2009 [Flash Audio, 01:04]
Jagadeesh Gokhale discusses systemic risk on BNN March 26, 2009 [Flash Video, 07:36]
"Teetering State Pension Funds" featuring Jagadeesh Gokhale, March 6, 2009 [Flash Audio, 08:46]
Jagadeesh Gokhale on a new "New Deal" on NPR affiliate KPCC's "The Pat Morrison Show" November 10, 2008 [Flash Audio, 17:23]
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