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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 | 245

Economy is Worse Than We Knew; Uncertainty Still Reigns

Jul 29, 2011| 1

Tim Kane at the Kauffman Foundation is out with his latest survey of economics bloggers (full disclosure: I am both an adviser to the survey and a participant in... Read »

Why Do Half of Americans Pay No Federal Income Tax?

Jul 27, 2011| 

You may have heard the claim that about half of Americans pay no federal income tax. That’s a true fact. My Tax Policy Center colleagues estimate, for example,... Read »

Fedspeak on Quantitative Accommodation

Jul 25, 2011| 

In case you haven’t heard of him, let me introduce Brian Sack. As Executive Vice President at the New York Fed, he’s the guy in charge of implementing the... Read »

Does the Gang of Six Cut Taxes or Raise Them?

Jul 20, 2011| 

Here’s a quick multiple choice quiz about the Gang of Six’s new budget proposal. Over the next ten years, would the proposal: a. Cut taxes by $1.5 trillion b.... Read »

A Big Error in the Senate Republicans’ Balanced Budget Amendment

Jul 6, 2011| 

Senate Republicans made a striking error in the balanced budget amendment they introduced last week. As written, the amendment would limit federal spending far more... Read »

What Happens When a High-Profile Undocumented Immigrant Reveals Himself?

Jun 23, 2011| 

Judging by my Twitter feed, the most captivating story of the day is Jose Antonio Vargas’s account, “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant.” Writing in the... Read »

How Ambitious is Pawlenty’s Growth Goal?

Jun 10, 2011| 

Plenty. In his economic speech on Tuesday, presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty set out an ambitious goal for economic growth: Let’s grow the economy by 5%, instead... Read »

Groupon’s Explosive Growth

Jun 2, 2011| 

We’ve all heard the rumors that Groupon is the fastest growing company ever. Today it finally opened its books in its preliminary filing to go public. Wow. In... Read »

The Day the United States Defaulted on Treasury Bills

May 26, 2011| 1

Since the day of Alexander Hamilton, the United States has never defaulted on the federal debt. That’s what we budget-watchers always say. It’s a great talking... Read »

Moral Hazard, Pakistan Edition

May 17, 2011| 

The United States can’t pursue al Qaeda alone. We need help from other nations. To encourage nations to provide that help, the U.S. created the Coalition Support... Read »

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