Peter Orszag To Write New York Times Column

Former director of the Office of Management and Budget Peter Orszag will join the New York Times as a columnist, the newspaper announced Friday.

Orszag, who left the Obama administration this summer, will write one to two columns per month on economic and domestic issues for the paper.

"We welcome Peter Orszag's expertise and insight to our Op-Ed lineup," editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal said in the announcement. "As a Washington insider and one of the most recognizable names in economics, his writing will provide a unique perspective on the national landscape."

Orszag's first op-ed will appear this coming Tuesday.

Comments

[wrightthewrong]

04:40 PM on 09/08/2010

Yawn,...st­retch...zz­zzzzzzzzzz­zz

[american-dolt]

03:56 PM on 09/07/2010

Guy looks like an Ostrich. I wish he'd bury his head in the sand.

[patman77]

01:04 PM on 09/07/2010

he is one creepy geek. sorry, but check this double dealin' maniacal narcacist out as he evolves into the imp of the perverse he is.

[happycat]

12:52 PM on 09/06/2010

How can Orszag find time to write for the Times when he has such a busy schedule as a swinger.

[General Public]

05:24 AM on 09/06/2010

I don't see what the point is, when Nobel Prize-winn­ing economist Paul Krugman is already at the New York Times and is a progressiv­e. Isn't Peter Orszag a slightly less progressiv­e and slightly less widely respected economist, basically the same as Paul Krugman except not as good, sort of like a cheap imitation? I mean, if they fire one of their conservati­ve op-ed columnists­, this is a good move, but they should have brought in one of the excellent columnists at The Nation magazine or some other progressiv­e publicatio­n or website (perhaps even someone from this website). I mean, anyone left of center is a trillion times better than someone like Bill Kristol, but I get the sense the New York Times is just trying to hire some high-profi­le figure from Washington­, D.C. rather than going out and finding the best op-ed columnist out there in the country, which is not as hard as it seems given the way the blogospher­e generally functions as a sort of meritocrac­y so the best bloggers end up being popular, usually. I know the New York Times already hired a conservati­ve op-ed writer from the blogospher­e, and I think the main things they should look at are the quality of the writing, how good the writer is at predicting future events (who wins elections, etc.), how sane and grounded in reality the writer is, how smart the writer is, and how popular/un­popular the writer is already.

[Matt Layo]

09:00 PM on 09/05/2010

How many former Bush economic advisors are at the NYT? Yeah I thought so.

[Rahm11219]

11:20 PM on 09/08/2010

Because the Bush economic advisers really had some winning ideas?

[vetxcl]

05:47 PM on 09/05/2010

he's an economist and ny is a key u.s. financial center. seems to fit. newscorp probably hates it though.

[Cougar28]

05:24 PM on 09/05/2010

1st column: "Attack Ga za more!"

[goodog]

02:32 PM on 09/05/2010

I take it that the photo hufnpuf chose to run indicates their disappoint­ment that Peter didn't accept their offer.

[spiritpony1]

01:08 PM on 09/05/2010

I did not follow why he left. A bummer----­I thought he was needed----­---I was out of country; hope he didn't get sacked cuz they were blaming HIM for the econ. issue. Frankly, it should have be Summers and Geithner sacked---

[Phillip Ung]

02:44 AM on 09/05/2010

Awesome

[chaswagner]

12:44 AM on 09/05/2010

I hope that means they r firing David Brooks.

[RubenNYC]

03:25 AM on 09/07/2010

If you don't like Brooks than what are you doing reading The New York Times. Take a copy of Daily News and save some money.

[Bat Wrangler]

09:27 PM on 09/04/2010

Bianna Golodryga has lousy tastes in men.

[Dr Jimmy and Mr Jim]

08:11 PM on 09/04/2010

HEADLINE: Peter Orszag wins Eric Cantor Look-Alike Contest.

Just kidding, Pete, I love ya.

[mikefina]

08:03 PM on 09/04/2010

Please, just give him the column inches wasted on Gail Collins...

[chaswagner]

02:18 AM on 09/05/2010

Gail Collins is funny like Maureen Down used to be.

[mikefina]

05:45 PM on 09/05/2010

Gail Collins isn't even as funny as Maureen Dowd is now--and SHE'S not funny. Ms. Collins is atrocious.