Noah Smith, Columnist

Control Costs, Boost Growth

Maybe the way to revive growth in the U.S. is to get costs under control for health care, college, retirement and infrastructure.

March 12, 2015 at 12:00 PM UTC

By Noah Smith

Noah Smith is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was an assistant professor of finance at Stony Brook University, and he blogs at Noahpinion.

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What can the U.S. do to boost growth during the next 20 years? I have an idea -- a big, overarching vision. It might not be right, but I want to put it forward.

I think it’s time for the era of cost control.