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Senior Fellow

William G. Gale

William G. Gale

Senior Fellow, Economic Studies
Director, Retirement Security Project
Co-director, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
Arjay and Frances Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy

Bill Gale, the Arjay and Frances Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy in the Economic Studies Program at Brookings, is an expert on tax policy, fiscal issues, pensions, and saving behavior. He is also co-director of the Tax Policy Center and director of the Retirement Security Project.



Expertise

Budget and fiscal policy; public and private pensions; saving behavior; tax policy; transfers of wealth between generations

Background

Past Positions
Vice President and Director of the Economic Studies Program, Brookings (2006-2009); Joseph A. Pechman Fellow, Brookings (1992-2001); Senior Staff Economist, President's Council of Economic Advisers (1991-92); Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (1987-91)

Education

Ph.D., Stanford University, 1987; B.A., Duke University, 1981


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Q&A with William Gale

The Fiscal Crisis: Bad Now, Worse Long-Term

"So the issue is certainly healthcare, but the issue is about a lot more than just health care. Our fiscal books are fundamentally out of balance."

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