What is Briefing Book?

From Presidents to cabinet secretaries to CEOs, decision-makers rely on briefing books to cut through the noise and distill what truly matters about the economy and policy choices.

Briefing Book delivers the same kind of insights to you. We don’t preach or peddle in polemics. Instead, we provide clear, balanced analysis of the economy—its challenges, its opportunities—to help you form your own perspectives.

Who are we?

Briefing Book was founded by Gopi Shah Goda, Kevin Rinz, Wesley Yin, and Jeffery Zhang, all of whom are academics who have also served as economic advisers in the White House, Treasury Department, or the Office of Management and Budget.

Dozens of experts with similar research and policy experience have contributed to Briefing Book as well:

Briefing Book Network

Vani Agarwal, Brookings Institution

Hilary Allen, American University

Dan Awrey, Cornell University

Chris Bangert-Drowns, Washington Center for Equitable Growth

Thomas Baranga, Harvard University

Josh Bivens, Economic Policy Institute

Jason Brown, Brookings Institution

Tom Buchmueller, University of Michigan

Emma Casey, Stanford University

Jack Chylak, Numerator

Judd Cramer, Harvard University

Ryan Cummings, Stanford University

Peter Devine, Boston College

Leo Feler, Numerator

Giacomo Fraccaroli, Stanford University

Scott Fulford, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Michael Geruso, University of Texas at Austin

Chloe Gibbs, Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Joshua Gottlieb, University of Chicago

Elise Gould, Economic Policy Institute

Erica Groshen, Cornell University

Lisa Hansmann, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Columbia University

Fariha Kamal, Federal Reserve Board

Noah Kaufman, Columbia University

Jed Kolko, Peterson Institute for International Economics

Jeremy Kress, University of Michigan

Helen Levy, University of Michigan

Zachary Liscow, Yale University

Neale Mahoney, Stanford University

Kyle Meng, University of California, Santa Barbara

Fran Moore, University of California, Davis

Lily Nevo, Brookings Institution

Elena Patel, Brookings Institution

Daniel Posthumus, Stanford University

Gabriel Rauterberg, University of Michigan

Nirupama Rao, University of Michigan

Jesse Rothstein, University of California, Berkeley

Sita Slavov, George Mason University

Aaron Sojourner, Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Graham Steele, Stanford University

Zahra Thabet, Stanford University

Ernie Tedeschi, Yale University

Victoria Udalova, Census Bureau

Eric Van Nostrand, Treasury Department (formerly)

Hilary Wething, Economic Policy Institute

Ben Zipperer, Economic Policy Institute

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Economist, former Obama and Biden CEA, views mine alone
Jeffery Zhang is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan Law School. He teaches and writes on financial regulation, law and economics, and digital assets.
Gopi Shah Goda is a Senior Fellow & Director, Retirement Security Project @ Brookings. She was a Research Associate @ NBER and served as a senior economist in Pres. Biden's Council of Economic Advisers and Gov. Newsom's Council of Economic Advisors.
UCLA professor and former Chief Economist of OMB. He previously served in the Treasury Department and CEA. NBER Research Associate.