Norbert J. Michel

Former Director, Center for Data Analysis

Norbert Michel studied and wrote about financial markets and monetary policy, including the reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

This expert is no longer a staff member at The Heritage Foundation.

Norbert J. Michel was the director of Heritage's Center for Data Analysis, where he specialized on issues pertaining to financial markets and monetary policy. He edited, and contributed chapters, to two books published by Heritage: The Case Against Dodd–Frank: How the “Consumer Protection” Law Endangers Americans, and Prosperity Unleashed: Smarter Financial Regulation.

Before rejoining Heritage in 2013, Michel was a tenured professor at Nicholls State University’s College of Business, teaching finance, economics and statistics. His earlier stint at Heritage was as a tax policy analyst in the think tank’s Center for Data Analysis from 2002 to 2005. He previously was with the global energy company Entergy, where he built a logistic regression model to help predict bankruptcies of commercial clients. His work allowed Entergy to better monitor monetary losses caused by customers’ delinquent payments.

Michel holds a doctoral degree in financial economics from the University of New Orleans. He received his bachelor of business administration degree in finance and economics from Loyola University. He currently resides in Alexandria, VA.

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Prosperity Unleashed

Feb 28, 2017

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The Case Against Dodd–Frank

Norbert Michel

Apr 26, 2016 1 min read

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CRomnibus Swaps Rhetoric For Reality Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D.

Dec 23, 2014 4 min read

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Ease up on Easing? Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D.

Dec 11, 2014 2 min read

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Jim Grant, Recession and Recovery in 1921 Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D.

Dec 9, 2014 5 min read

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Improving Financial Institution Supervision Ending the Federal Reserves Regul... Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D.

Dec 3, 2014 26 min read

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Should 'Legal But Shady' Be A New Regulatory Standard? Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D.

Nov 25, 2014 3 min read

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Repeal Dodd-Frank and End Too Big To Fail Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D.

Nov 12, 2014 4 min read

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Repealing Dodd–Frank and Ending “Too Big to Fail” Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D.

Nov 3, 2014 13 min read

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Consensus Building That the Fed's Policies Were Too Tight Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D.

Oct 28, 2014 3 min read

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Federal Reserve Performance: What Is the Fed’s Track Record on Inflation? Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D.

Oct 27, 2014 13 min read

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Federal Reserve Performance: Have Business Cycles Really Been Tamed? Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D.

Oct 24, 2014 13 min read