Andrew Samwick

former Chief Economist, President Bush's Council of Economic Advisers

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Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College and blogger at VoxBaby.blogspot.com; former Chief Economist on the staff of President Bush's Council of Economic Advisers (2003-2004)

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