The Philadelphia Council for Business Economics
A Chapter of NABE

is pleased to present

Douglas Holtz-Eakin
President, American Action Forum

Presentation: "Fiscal Policy Challenges"

JOIN WEBEX MEETING at 1pm

Douglas Holtz-Eakin is the President of the American Action Forum. Before founding AAF in 2009, Dr. Holtz-Eakin served in a variety of influential policy positions. During 2001-2002, he was the Chief Economist of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), where he had also served during 1989-1990 as a Senior Staff Economist. At CEA he helped to formulate policies addressing the 2000-2001 recession and the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. From 2003-2005 he was the 6th Director of the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), which provides budgetary and policy analysis to the U.S. Congress. During his tenure, CBO assisted Congress as they addressed numerous policies — notably the 2003 tax cuts (the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act), the 2003 Medicare prescription drug bill (the Medicare Modernization Act), and the 2005 push for Social Security reform.

Dr. Holtz-Eakin built an international reputation as a scholar doing research in areas of applied economic policy, econometric methods, and entrepreneurship. He began his career at Columbia University in 1985 and moved to Syracuse University from 1990 to 2001. At Syracuse, he became Trustee Professor of Economics at the Maxwell School, Chairman of the Department of Economics and Associate Director of the Center for Policy Research.


Date: Thursday, February 4, 2021

Time:1:00 pm - Presentation begins

Place: Webinar Online

Cost: PCBE Members - Free
         Nonmembers - $10.00
         Student - $5.00 (with Valid College email @edu)

Please Note: Reservations are required and must be made or canceled no later than 12:00 pm 1 day before the meeting. "No-shows" will be billed.

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