Lee E. Ohanian


Professor of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles

Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

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Published Works

  • Selected Papers
  • Books
  • Other Papers
  • Working Papers
  • Op-Ed Articles
  • Interviews, Lectures, and Videos
  • Economic Crisis
  • Great Depression
  • Congressional Testimony

Other Websites

  • UCLA Economics Department
  • Minneapolis Fed
  • Leigh Speakers Bureau
  • NBER
  • UCLA Course Websites
  • Download Papers
  • Center for Advanced Study for Economic Efficiency
  • Hoover Institution


    • “A Temporary Hiring Tax Credit?”, Forbes, October 21, 2009.


    • “Wages of Depression”, Forbes, September 9, 2009.


    • “How Not to Pay for Healthcare”, Forbes, July 22, 2009.


    • “The Depression Divide”, Forbes, July 15, 2009.


    • “Will Reducing Government Spending Derail the Recovery?”, Forbes, July 8, 2009.


    • “No, Inflation is Not the Key to this Recovery”, Moneywatch.com, July 2, 2009.


    • “Fed Policy on Inflation: As Good As It Gets”, Moneywatch.com, July 1, 2009.


    • “The Fed Fears Deflation More Than Inflation”, Moneywatch.com, June 29, 2009.


    • “How Stimulating is the Stimulus?”, Forbes, June 17, 2009.


    • “The $787 Billion Mistake”, Forbes, June 10, 2009.


    • “Why did the Great Depression Last so Long?”, Forbes, April 30, 2009.


    • “Lessons from the New Deal”, testimony before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Economic Policy, pdf and video, April 4, 2009.


    • “The Role of Labor Policy”, panel discussion, Council on Foreign Relations, March 30, 2009.


    • “How Government Prolonged the Depression”, with Harold Cole, Wall Street Journal, February 2, 2009.


    • “The New Deal Stimulus”, PajamasTV Daily, January 30, 2009.


    • “Obama's New Deall: As Bad as the Old New Deal?”, reason.tv, December 16, 2008.


    • “Revisiting the New Deal”, The Agenda with Steve Paikin, December 10, 2008.


    • “Obamanomics”, with Tom Cooley, Newsweek, November 14, 2008.


    • “Don’t Raise Capital Gains Taxes”, The American, November 11, 2008.


    • “The Bailout Puzzle”, reason.tv, October 31, 2008.


    • “Good Policies Can Save the Economy”, Wall Street Journal, October 8, 2008.


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