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Benjamin M. Friedman

Capsule Review
Nov/Dec
2009
Offshoring of American Jobs: What Response From U.S. Economic Policy?
<p>Richard N. Cooper</p>

This stimulating collection is built around Blinder's strong and much-debated thesis that within two decades, 30-40 million U.S. jobs, mainly those in the services industries that require no direct contact between the provider and the customer, could be sent offshore.
Review Essay
Nov/Dec
2005
The Ethical Economist
Joseph E. Stiglitz

In a major new work, Benjamin Friedman presents a compelling moral case for growth-oriented economic policies. But even he sometimes needs reminding that the kind of growth matters as much as the amount.
Capsule Review
Spring
1989
America In The World Economy: A Strategy For The 1990s; Day Of Reckoning: The Consequences Of American Economic Policy Under Reagan And After
William Diebold, Jr.
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In the Magazine

March/April 2010, 2, 89
Essay
After Iran Gets the Bomb
James M. Lindsay and Ray Takeyh

Despite international pressure, Iran appears to be continuing its march toward getting a nuclear bomb. But Washington can contain and mitigate the consequences of Tehran's nuclear defiance, keeping an abhorrent outcome from becoming a catastrophic one.
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