Eric Maskin

Eric Maskin

Eric Maskin...

Supportive of Biden's Build Back Better Spending Bill

Eric Maskin signed a statement posted on September 20, 2021 titled "Seventeen winners of the Nobel Prize in economics sign letter in support of the President’s Build Back Better package", which argues that more money must be "invested" now in those things not traditionally thought of as infrastructure such as "human capital, the care economy, research and development, public education, and more..." The statement downplays the concern of inflation.

Endorsed Joe Biden for President

Eric Maskin signed a letter endorsing Joe Biden for President dated September 22, 2020.,

The letter verbatim:

We the undersigned express our support for the economic principles and policies of Joe Biden.

While each of us has different views on the particulars of various economic policies, we believe that Biden’s overall economic agenda will improve our nation’s health, investment, sustainability, resilience, employment opportunities, and fairness and be vastly superior to the counterproductive economic policies of Donald Trump.

Throughout the coronavirus crisis, Biden has recognized that science-based, public health solutions are critical not only to saving lives, but to any viable strategy to restore economic confidence, recovery, and jobs.

Similarly, on issue after issue, Biden’s economic agenda will do far more than Donald Trump’s to increase the economic strength and well-being of our nation and its people. Simply put, Biden’s policies will result in economic growth that is faster, more robust, and more equitable.

The letter was signed by the following economists: George Akerlof, Peter Diamond, Oliver Hart, Eric Maskin, Daniel McFadden, Roger Myerson, William Nordhaus, Edmund Phelps, Paul Romer, Robert Solow, Michael Spence, Joseph Stiglitz and Richard Thaler.

Push Obama for Global Carbon Tax

Eric Maskin signed a statement dated March 14, 2012 along with other economists promoting a global carbon tax.

Signatories:

• Kenneth Arrow, Ph.D., 1972 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Joan Kenney Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Stanford University
• William Sharpe, Ph.D., 1990 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, STANCO 25 Professor of Finance, Emeritus, Stanford University
• Eric Maskin, Ph.D., 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Professor of Economics, Harvard University
• Thomas Sargent, Ph.D., 2011 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, W.R. Berkley Professor, New York University
• Christopher Sims, Ph.D., 2011 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, W.R. Berkley Professor, New York University
• Frank Ackerman, Ph.D., Director, Climate Economics Group, Stockholm Environment Institute, US
• Patrick Bolton, Ph.D., David Zalaznick Professor of Business, Columbia Business School, Columbia University
• Mark Carhart, Ph.D., CIO and Partner, Kepos Capital LP
• Varadarajan Chari, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute, University of Minnesota
• Lawrence Christiano, Ph.D., Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• Kent Daniel, Ph.D., Professor of Finance, Columbia Business School, Columbia University
• Pierre Collin-Dufresne. Ph.D., Caron Family Professor of Business, Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School, Columbia University
• Darrell Duffie, Ph.D., Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance, Stanford University
• Martin Eichenbaum, Ph.D., Ethel and John Lindgren Professor of Economics, Northwestern University
• Christian Gollier, Ph.D., Director, Toulouse School of Economics, Research Director, Institut d’Economie Industrielle (IDEA), Researcher Laboratoire d’Economie des Ressources Naturelles (LERNA)
• Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
• James D. Hamilton, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, University of California, San Diego
• Lars Peter Hansen, Ph.D., David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago
• Bengt Holmstrom, Ph.D., Professor of Economics and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Paul Joskow, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Robert Litterman, Ph.D., Partner, Kepos Capital LP, Former Head of Risk Management, Goldman Sachs
• Scott Richard, Ph.D., Practice Professor of Finance, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Jose Scheinkman, Ph.D., Theodore A Wells ‘29 Professor of Economics, Princeton University
• Richard Schmalensee, Ph.D., Howard W. Johnson Professor of Management, Director of the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Robert N. Stavins, Ph.D., Albert Pratt Professor of Government, Director, Harvard Environmental Economics Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
• George Tauchen, Ph.D., Glasson Professor of Economics, Duke University

Oppose Constitutional Balanced Budget Amendment

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute "organized" a letter dated July 28, 2011 signed by "leading economists, including five Nobel Laureates in economics" Michelle Bazie of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and Phoebe Silag of the Economic Policy Institute were listed as contacts.

The signatories of the letter are Nobel Laureates Kenneth Arrow, Peter Diamond, Eric Maskin, Charles Schultze, William Sharpe and Robert Solow; Alan Blinder, former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve System’s Board of Governors and former member of the Council of Economic Advisors; and Laura Tyson, former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors and former Director of the National Economic Council.

JStreet advisory council

In 2009 listed members of the JStreet advisory council included Eric Maskin, Nobel Laureate, Economics; Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton