2012 Yates Lecture: William Gale
"Fiscal Therapy: A Rehab Program for America's Debt Addiction"
William Gale, Arjay and Frances Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy in the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution
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About The Speaker
William G. Gale is the Arjay and Frances Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy in the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. He is co-director of the Tax Policy Center, a joint venture of the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute.
Prior to joining Brookings in 1992, Dr. Gale was Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a senior economist for the Council of Economic Advisers under President George H.W. Bush.
He is the co-editor of several books, including Automatic: Changing the Way America Saves (Brookings 2009), Aging Gracefully: Ideas to Improve Retirement Security in America (Century Foundation, 2006), The Evolving Pension System: Trends, Effects, and Proposals for Reform (Brookings, 2005), Private Pensions and Public Policy (Brookings, 2004), Rethinking Estate and Gift Taxation (Brookings, 2001), and Economic Effects of Fundamental Tax Reform (Brookings, 1996).
Dr. Gale’s research has been published in several scholarly journals, including the American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, and Quarterly Journal of Economics. In 2007, a paper he co-authored was awarded the TIAA-CREF Paul A. Samuelson Award Certificate of Excellence.
