Peter R. Orszag
Summary
Peter Richard Orszag (pronounced /ˈɔrzæɡ/; born December 16, 1968) is an American economist who is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also a contributing columnist for the New York Times Op-Ed page. Until July 30, he was the 37th Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Barack Obama.Orszag grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts. After graduating from Phillips Exeter Academy with high honors (1987), he earned an A.B. summa cum laude in economics from Princeton University in 1991, and a M.Sc. (1992) and a Ph.D. (1997) in economics from the London School of Economics. He was a Marshall Scholar 1991–1992, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
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Surely President Obama Is Joking About This Whole 'Let's Have Larry Summers Run The World Bank' Thing!
The hot scoop of the day, where emeritus members of the Committee To Save The World are concerned, is that President Barack Obama is mulling naming former White House economic advisor Larry Summers to head the World Bank, replacing outgoing Robert Zoellick, whose term will end midway through the year.
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MSNBC Host Grills Author About Disputed Obama Book In Tense Chat
Martin Bashir picked apart a disputed new book about the White House on Wednesday's "Last Word," and asked author Ron Suskind to defend the book's controversial allegations that President Obama provided poor leadership during the financial crisis and oversaw an administration that was hostile to women.
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Economic Half-Measures Loom As Roadblocks To Reelection For Obama
WASHINGTON -- During the 2008 campaign, the ultra-reductive way of looking at what each candidate wanted to do about the country's economic calamity was to say that then-Senator Barack Obama wanted to stimulate the economy, and Senator John McCain wanted to institute a spending freeze. As such, there was a lot riding on the debate over the stimulus package.
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REVEALED: Columnists Join Bloomberg's New Opinion Stable
Last night, The Huffington Post revealed the full editorial board for Bloomberg Newsâ forthcoming editorial section, Bloomberg View.
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Bloomberg View reveals columnists, editorial board
For months, word has circled in the journalism business that Bloomberg was on a talent hunt for its new opinion product, and it meant business -- up to almost $500,000 worth of business, if the New York Times is to be believed.
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Bloomberg View will contribute to other Bloomberg editorial products
Michael Calderone of The Huffington Post interviewed David Shipley, the head of the forthcoming Bloomberg View, an opinion and editorial service being launched by Bloomberg LP.
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Conservative Media Revive "Class Warfare" Talking Point To Attack Obama's Budget Proposal
Conservative media responded to President Obama's budget speech by attacking it as a "class warfare debacle. " Conservatives have repeatedly dredged up the same tired "class warfare" talking point to attack progressives on tax policy or other matters.
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Media's Responsible Budget Grown-Up Paul Ryan Helped Create Massive Deficits
Media figures have been quick to portray Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), chairman of the House Budget Committee, as "courageous" "genius" for introducing an "adult plan" for the 2012 budget. Ryan's current role as the lone "adult" on budget issues is belied by his support for policies - including the Bush tax cuts - that created massive federal deficits.
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Peter Orszag joins Bloomberg View
The New York Times -- which lost its op-ed editor, David Shipley, to Bloomberg View -- has a piece on the venture by Michael Barbaro, chock full of details about budgets and salaries, that also raises questions about the propriety of a news organization owned by the mayor of New York moving into the world of opinion journalism and what those opinions would do to Bloomberg News’s reputation for fairness.
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After Business and Politics, Mayor Tests Opinion
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, ever ambitious, now wants to dominate a new sphere — the world of opinion.
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