Jeffrey Liebman

Jeffrey B. Liebman is an American economist, currently the Malcolm Wiener Professor of Public Policy
John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a member of the Academic Advisory Committee, Center for American Progress. His father, Lance Liebman, is a professor at Columbia Law School and Director of the American Law Institute.

Liebman teaches courses in social policy, public sector economics, and American economic policy. His research includes tax and budget policy, social insurance, poverty, and income inequality. Recently he has examined the impacts of government programs such as the Earned Income Tax Credit, Social Security, and housing vouchers. [http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/jeffreyliebman/Liebman.cv.June06.pdf] From 1998 to 1999 he served as Special Assistant to the President for economic policy and coordinated the Clinton Administration's Social Security reform technical working group. [ [http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/jeffreyliebman/shortbiojbl.htm Jeffrey B ] ]

He currently serves as a top economic advisor to the presidential campaign of Democratic Senator Barack Obama of Illinois. [ [http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117737514082179798-2pzMwguQZCOLWwoLQ7liutme_CE_20080422.html Seeking Clues to Obamanomics - WSJ.com ] ]

His educational degrees are: Ph.D. (economics) Harvard University 1996, and B.A. magna cum laude, distinction in Economics and Political Science, Yale University 1989.

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* [http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/jeffreyliebman/ Harvard University Kennedy School of Government official faculty website]
* [http://ksgfaculty.harvard.edu/Jeffrey_Liebman Harvard University Kennedy School of Government official profile]