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Senior Fellow

Isabel V. Sawhill

Isabel V. Sawhill

Senior Fellow, Economic Studies
Director, Budgeting for National Priorities
Co-Director, Center on Children and Families
The Cabot Family Chair

A nationally known budget expert, Isabel Sawhill focuses on domestic poverty and federal fiscal policy. She is also co-director of the Center on Children and Families at Brookings.



Expertise

Children; education; federal budget; poverty and inequality; social welfare policy; teen pregnancy

Background

Current Positions
President, National Campaign To Prevent Teen Pregnancy; Senior Editor, The Future of Children

Past Positions
Senior Fellow, Urban Institute; Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget (1993-95); Visiting Professor, Georgetown University Law School; Director, National Commission for Employment Policy; President, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

Education

Ph.D. (1968), B.A. (1962), New York University

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Q&A with Isabel Sawhill

Economic Stimulus and the Budget Defecit

In these tough times, the economy needs a stimulus, regardless of the impact on the deficit, says Isabel Sawhill. But prudent action needs to be taken to address runaway entitlement spending and that agenda should reconsider our intergenerational spending priorities.

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