Hamilton Project

The Hamilton Project is an economic policy initiative within the Brookings Institution.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/22/upshot/why-workers-without-much-education-are-being-hammered.html |title=Why American Workers Without Much Education Are Being Hammered |work=New York Times |date=22 April 2015 |accessdate=8 August 2016 |author=Irwin, Neil}}{{cite web |author=Kadlec |first=Dan |date=June 26, 2015 |title=This Surprising Sign May Tell You When to Claim Social Security |url=https://money.com/social-security-sign-skin/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125030759/https://money.com/social-security-sign-skin/ |archive-date=November 25, 2020 |work=Money.com |accessdate=8 August 2016}} It was originally launched in April 2006 by a combination of public policy makers, business people, academic leaders, and other former Clinton administration economists and experts.{{cite web|url=https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/11/22/financial-crash-that-failed |title=The Crash That Failed (review of Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World by Adam Tooze) |author=Robert Kuttner |authorlink=Robert Kuttner |issue=November 22, 2018 Issue |website=NYBooks.com |publisher= |access-date=8 January 2019 |quote=}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.hamiltonproject.org/about/|title=The Hamilton Project|website=www.hamiltonproject.org|access-date=2019-03-06}} The Hamilton Project "seeks to advance America’s promise of opportunity, prosperity, and growth."{{Cite web|url=http://www.hamiltonproject.org/about/mission/|title=Mission & Vision {{!}} The Hamilton Project|website=www.hamiltonproject.org|access-date=2019-03-06}} It went dormant after U.S. President Barack Obama assumed office in 2009, because many of its members left to work for the White House, but in 2010, it was relaunched with Michael Greenstone as the new director.{{cite web | url=http://www.hamiltonproject.org/about | title=About | work=Hamilton Project website | accessdate=8 August 2016}}{{cite web | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/21/AR2010042105188.html | title=Brookings Institution-based Hamilton Project relaunches | work=Washington Post | date=21 April 2010 | accessdate=8 August 2016 | author=Irwin, Neil}}

The Hamilton Project is currently led by Wendy Edelberg, former Chief Economist at the Congressional Budget Office.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-18|title=Wendy Edelberg|url=https://www.brookings.edu/experts/wendy-edelberg/|access-date=2020-08-27|website=Brookings|language=en-US}} Previous directors have included Jay Shambaugh, former Member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers and a professor of economics and international affairs at the George Washington University;{{Cite web|url=http://www.hamiltonproject.org/people/jay_shambaugh|title=Jay Shambaugh {{!}} The Hamilton Project|website=www.hamiltonproject.org|access-date=2019-03-06}} Peter R. Orszag, former Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Obama Administration;{{cite web|url=https://www.brookings.edu/news-releases/peter-orszag-to-re-join-economic-studies-at-brookings/|title=Peter Orszag to re-join Economic Studies at Brookings|date=8 September 2015|website=Brookings|accessdate=2019-03-06}} Jason Furman, professor of the practice of economic policy at the Harvard Kennedy School;{{cite web|url=https://www.brookings.edu/news-releases/jason-furman-named-senior-fellow-and-director-of-the-hamilton-project/|title=Jason Furman Named Senior Fellow and Director of The Hamilton Project|date=18 December 2006|website=Brookings|accessdate=2019-03-06}} Douglas W. Elmendorf, Dean of the Kennedy School at Harvard University;{{Cite web|url=https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/douglas-elmendorf|title=Douglas Elmendorf|website=www.hks.harvard.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-03-06}} Michael Greenstone, a former chief economist for the President's Council of Economic Advisers;{{cite web|url=https://www.brookings.edu/news-releases/michael-greenstone-named-brookings-senior-fellow-and-director-of-the-hamilton-project/|title=Michael Greenstone Named Brookings Senior Fellow and Director of The Hamilton Project|date=5 April 2010|website=Brookings|accessdate=2019-03-06}} Melissa Kearney, professor of economics at the University of Maryland; and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach; director of the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ipr.northwestern.edu/faculty-experts/fellows/schanzenbach.html|title=Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach: Institute for Policy Research - Northwestern University|website=www.ipr.northwestern.edu|access-date=2019-03-06}}

The Hamilton Project hosts events and commissions evidence-based policy proposals, reports, and books on topics ranging through economic security, employment, poverty, education, health care, and innovation.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hamiltonproject.org/papers/|title=Papers {{!}} The Hamilton Project|website=www.hamiltonproject.org|access-date=2019-03-06}}