Michael Jay Boskin (born September 23, 1945) is the T. M. Friedman Professor of Economics and senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.

He also is chief executive officer and president of Boskin & Co., an economic consulting company,[1][2] and serves on the Commerce Department's Advisory Committee on the National Income and Product Accounts.

with highest honors, M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, earned in 1967, 1968, and 1971 respectively.

[citation needed] He is a director of Oracle Corporation, Shinsei Bank, and Vodafone Group.

He currently serves on the Commerce Department's Advisory Committee on the National Income and Product Accounts.