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Public Finance Scholar, AEI

Andrew Biggs

2 articles 2011

Andrew Biggs is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, specializing in public finance, Social Security, and government compensation policy. He contributed to The Weekly Standard in 2011, writing about federal employee pay and public-sector compensation issues.

Obama's New Economic Chief Understands Federal Employee Pay

September 13, 2011 · Alan Krueger, Pay, Federal

Princeton University professor Alan Krueger, recently named by President Obama to be the new chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, is perhaps best known for his claim that raising minimum wage will not reduce employment. But Krueger has had a long, varied career as a labor economist—and a…