Peter R. Orszag

Vice chairman and managing director

Bloomberg View columnist Peter R. Orszag is a vice chairman of investment banking at Lazard Freres & Co. He was President Barack Obama’s director of the Office of Management and Budget from 2009 to 2010 and the director of the Congressional Budget Office from 2007 to 2008.

Accounting standards

Can we save the climate through better bookkeeping? Yes!

We need to measure the amounts of greenhouse gases that are emitted and removed from the atmosphere, and get them to 'net zero.'

By Robert Hinkle and Peter R. Orszag

July 21
Tax reform

Corporate tax reform may prove harder than Republicans expect

The changes are easy in concept: Most people favor lowering the tax rate and closing loopholes. The difficulty is in the details.

By Peter R. Orszag

January 12