Donald Marron has a Ph.D in Economics from MIT and has served in senior posts at the White House and Congress. He is Director of economic policy initiatives and an institute fellow at the Urban Institute. Marron has broad experience in economic policy issues, including America's fiscal challenges, tax reform, energy and environment, and the financial crisis. He testifies frequently before Congress, appears often at conferences and in the media to discuss economic policy, and works to popularize economics through his writings and his popular blog "DMarron: Musings on Economics, Finances and Life."