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Andrew Samwick

Affiliation: Dartmouth College

Andrew Samwick is a professor of economics and Director of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.

He is most widely known for his work on the economics of retirement, and his scholarly work has covered a range of topics, including pensions, saving, taxation, portfolio choice, and executive compensation.

In July 2003, Samwick joined the staff of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, serving for a year as its chief economist and helping to direct the work of about 20 economists in support of the three Presidential appointees on the Council.

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Andrew Samwick's Latest Articles | 84

The White House White Board on the Tax Deal

Dec 11, 2010| 1

Here is Austan Goolsbee explaining the President’s rationale for the tax cut deal. My comments are after the break. More detail can be found here. He makes... Read »

If This is Working Together, I’ll Take Gridlock

Dec 7, 2010| 

A weak economy is not an excuse to spend money we don’t have on things we don’t need. I am with Stan on this tax cut deal. And Paul Krugman, for that... Read »

At the Risk of Repeating the Obvious, Now Is Also a Good Time for the Green Tax Swap

Nov 23, 2010| 

This article by Michael Flectcher in yesterday’s Washington Post is well worth your time. It follows the push for green jobs in Ocala, Florida as it has met... Read »

The Fiscal Commission’s Co-Chairs’ Plan

Nov 11, 2010| 1

The private deliberations of the fiscal commission must be something quite interesting to generate the early release of a blueprint like this by the panel’s... Read »

The Economy is Not a National Pie-Eating Contest

Nov 7, 2010| 

I should start by saying that I do not favor extending any part of the Bush-era tax cuts. (See this post.) So I am even less in the Republican camp on this one... Read »

The First Task for the House Republicans — Define a Good Budget Deficit

Nov 4, 2010| 

What I had on my mind heading into the election was this column by Paul Krugman from Sunday, “Mugged by the Debt Moralizers.”  Consider this passage,... Read »

Raising the Retirement Age is a Great Idea

Nov 2, 2010| 

At his blog yesterday, Ezra Klein takes issue with a suggestion by Andrew Biggs that we improve government finances by raising the early eligibility age (EEA) for... Read »

In These Health Care Markets, Antitrust Action is Almost Inevitable

Oct 19, 2010| 

I’m in the time machine again this morning as I read this article by David Hilzenrath in The Washington Post about the federal government’s new antitrust... Read »

The Cost of Lobbying Adjustment

Oct 18, 2010| 

A year ago, we learned that the price index on which the Social Security cost of living adjustment is based did not increase over the year, and thus there would... Read »

President Obama Joins the Build While It’s Cheap Chorus

Oct 11, 2010| 

Ah, my work here is done. From the White House today: The President on Infrastructure Investment: “This is Work That Needs to Be Done. There Are Workers Who... Read »

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