Expertise
Tax policy; health policy; Social Security; budget; economic policy
Background
Current Positions
Visiting Scholar, New York University's Wagner School
Past Positions
Director, The Hamilton Project; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy (1999-2000); Staff Economist, Council of Economic Advisors (1996-1997); Senior Economic Advisor to the Chief Economist, The World Bank (1997-1998)
Education
Ph.D. (2003), B.A. (1992), Harvard University
“Americans are frustrated with health care. They worry about the overall level of expenditures that are putting a strain on family and government budgets. They worry about the high and rising number of uninsured. And they worry about whether they are getting enough value for their money.”