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Donald Marron is an economist in the Washington, DC area. He currently speaks, writes, and consults about economic, budget, and financial issues.

From 2002 to early 2009, he served in various senior positions in the White House and Congress including: * Member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) * Acting Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) * Executive Director of Congress’s Joint Economic Committee (JEC)

Before his government service, Donald had a varied career as a professor, consultant, and entrepreneur. In the mid-1990s, he taught economics and finance at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He then spent about a year-and-a-half managing large antitrust cases (e.g., Pepsi vs. Coke) at Charles River Associates in Washington, DC. After that, he took the plunge into the world of new ventures, serving as Chief Financial Officer of a health care software start-up in Austin, TX. After that fascinating experience, he started his career in public service.

Donald received his Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his B.A. in Mathematics a couple miles down the road at Harvard.

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Donald Marron's Latest Articles | 254

Fixing Medicare’s Double-Counting Problem

May 18, 2012| 

Last week I argued that budgeting for Medicare’s hospital insurance program is flawed. Today, I offer two ways to fix it (and reject a third). Medicare Part A... Read »

The Fight over Medicare Double Counting

May 9, 2012| 

The recent double-counting dispute isn’t just about politics; it also reveals a flaw in budgeting for Medicare Part A. Budget experts are waging a spirited battle... Read »

Why Free is a Bad Price, American Airlines Edition

May 7, 2012| 

Companies often run into trouble when they offer a service at a zero price. Not always, of course. Many all-you-can-eat buffets continue to thrive even though the... Read »

Jobs Report – The Soft Side of Mediocre

May 4, 2012| 

As expected, today’s jobs data showed a slowing labor market. Payrolls expanded by 115,000 in April, less than hoped or expected. Upward revisions to February... Read »

How Big Are Tax Preferences?

Apr 10, 2012| 1

The tax code is chock full of credits, deductions, deferrals, exclusions, exemptions, and preferential rates. Taken together, such tax preferences will total almost... Read »

There Is No Health Care Tax on Home Sales

Apr 2, 2012| 

The 2010 health reform legislation introduced a new 3.8% tax on the net investment income of high-income taxpayers. That tax, which I suspect you will hear more... Read »

How Big Is the Federal Government?

Mar 29, 2012| 

In a new paper, my Tax Policy Center colleague Eric Toder and I argue that the federal government is larger than conventional budget measures suggest. Why? Because... Read »

The Corporate Income Tax Tilts the Playing Field

Feb 24, 2012| 

The President’s new Framework for Business Tax Reform is two documents in one. The first diagnoses the many flaws in America’s business tax system, and the second... Read »

How Would the Buffett Rule Affect Marginal Tax Rates?

Feb 16, 2012| 

President Obama’s latest budget endorses a “Buffett rule” – a new floor on taxes paid by folks with very high incomes. His rule would require that “those... Read »

The 102% Tax Rate and Other Perils Measuring Tax Rates

Feb 9, 2012| 

Over at the Tax Policy Center’s blog, TaxVox, my colleague Roberton Williams examines the pitfalls that afflict some efforts to measure a person’s tax rate: Investment... Read »

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