BA (Hons) in Economics, Swarthmore College; PhD in Economics, MIT. Formerly: with Federal Reserve Board of Governors; with Brookings Institution; Assistant Prof. of Economics, Amherst College; Senior Economic Analyst and Staff Economist, OMB Watch; Director, Tax and Budget Policy, Center for American Progress; Research Director, Economic Policy Institute. Currently, Managing Director, Foundation Initiatives, The Rockefeller Foundation. Former Member: Cttee on Electronic Publishing, American Economic Assoc.; Coalition on Human Needs; Board of Governors, Nat'l Economists' Club. Author. Guest lecturer.