Randall Akee

Randall Akee is a former nonresident fellow with the Economic Studies program at Brookings. He was a David M. Rubenstein Fellow with the Economic Studies program from 2017–2019. In 2022, he was appointed chief economist of the president's Council of Economic Advisors. He previously spent several years working for the State of Hawaii Office of Hawaiian Affairs Economic Development Division.

For the first time, the government published monthly unemployment data on Native Americans, and the picture is stark

Robert Maxim, Randall Akee, and Gabriel R. Sanchez

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Crowd of protestors with signs related to anti-Asian discrimination..

Missed opportunities to understand racism in the COVID-19 era

Randall Akee and KJ Ward

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Miniatures of people walking on a bar graph.

Measuring racism and discrimination in economic data

Randall Akee and Marcus Casey

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Sunny landscape in Arizona

American Indians and Alaska Natives are dying of COVID-19 at shocking rates

Randall Akee and Sarah Reber

Thursday, February 18, 2021

Deb Haaland works in her office at the U.S. Capitol before being sworn in as one of the two first Native American women in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

What Deb Haaland’s historic nomination as interior secretary means for Indigenous peoples

Robert Maxim and Randall Akee

Friday, December 18, 2020

diverse young people work together

The race problem in economics

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Data disaggregation as a means to improved health research and policy-making

9:30 AM - 4:00 PM EDT

A woman, part of a convoy of Central American migrants, is escorted into a van by National Institute of Migration (INM) officers, after being detained at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Tapachula, Mexico, May 19, 2019. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares - RC1F10AAEE00

Outdated immigration laws increase violence toward women

Thursday, May 30, 2019

The spinning wheel on a roulette table is seen at Japan Casino School in Tokyo, Japan August 4, 2018. Picture taken August 4, 2018. REUTERS/Toru Hanai - RC130E284860

The transformation of the American Indian gaming industry

Monday, April 8, 2019

Beatrice Lookinghorse sits with two of her grandchildren, Linda Lookinghorse and Cody James Lookinghorse, in the backyard of her home on the Cheyenne River Reservation in Green Grass, South Dakota, U.S., May 28, 2018. Beatrice Lookinghorse is related to several of the Fort Laramie treaty riders who live with her. Beatrice also raises other children from the extended Lookinghorse family. "I promised my father that none of his grandkids would ever be put in the (foster care) system," she said. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC1A57AAB7F0

How does measuring poverty and welfare affect American Indian children?

Tuesday, March 12, 2019