Experience: Economic adviser to Her Majesty's Government, United Kingdom; editorial writer and economics columnist for The New York Times, The Economist and the International Herald Tribune; author of Neoconomy: George Bush's Revolutionary Gamble with America's Future and Connected: 24 Hours in the Global Economy.

Expertise: tax policy, economics of crime and drugs, immigration, health care and medical insurance markets, unemployment insurance; the United States, Europe and the Middle East

Education: A.B., A.M., and Ph.D. in economics, Harvard University