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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

Taxi Medallions in DC: Who Would Win and Lose?

Apr 10, 2011| 1

Today’s lesson in political economy: the looming battle over Washington’s cab market. Three members of DC’s City Council (Marion Barry, Harry Thomas, Jr.,... Read »

First Week in Libya Costs At Least $600 Million

Mar 29, 2011| 

Over at ABC News, Devin Dwyer and Luis Martinez report that the first week of the U.S. intervention in Libya has cost at least $600 million. According to their sources,... Read »

Ten CEA Chairs Call for Budget Action

Mar 24, 2011| 

Ten former chairs of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers joined together for a call to action on America’s unsustainable budget. In an op-ed at Politico,... Read »

Obama’s Tax Proposals

Mar 24, 2011| 

President Obama’s budget proposal has been overshadowed by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, a new military action in Libya, and continuing battles over... Read »

State and Local Pay vs. Private Pay

Mar 7, 2011| 

Do state and local workers get paid more or less than their private sector counterparts? That old question has taken on renewed life with the budget and labor disputes... Read »

Does the President’s Budget Raise Taxes or Cut Them?

Feb 15, 2011| 

Here’s a quick multiple choice quiz about President Obama’s new budget. Over the next ten years, would the budget: a. Increase taxes by $819 billion b. Cut taxes... Read »

Treasury Offers Some Good Ideas on Mortgage Finance

Feb 12, 2011| 

Today was a big one for housing finance. Treasury kicked things off with its much awaited report to Congress on “Reforming America’s Housing Finance Market.”... Read »

Treasury Takes Step 1 in Avoiding the Debt Ceiling

Jan 27, 2011| 

As expected, Treasury has announced that it will allow the $200 billion Supplemental Financing Program to run down to only $5 billion; that will save $195 billion... Read »

One Man’s Cost is Another Man’s Income

Jan 22, 2011| 

The latest must-read New Yorker piece by Atul Gawande describes recent efforts to cut costs and improve quality by coordinating patient care – in particular that... Read »

What is Health Care Reform?

Jan 21, 2011| 1

Greg Mankiw set off a vigorous discussion in the blogosphere (see, e.g., Ezra Klein, Clive Crook, and the Austin Frakt) with a provocative analogy about health care... Read »

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