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Michael R. Strain is the Director of Economic Policy studies and the John G. Searle Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Dr. Strain is also currently a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), and a columnist for Bloomberg View.

Education
Dr. Strain has a Ph.D. in economics from Cornell University. He is a graduate of Marquette University and holds an M.A. from New York University.

Career
Dr. Strain oversees American Enterprise Institute’s work in economic policy, financial markets, poverty studies, technology policy, energy economics, health care policy, and related areas. Dr. Strain’s own research focuses on labor economics, public finance, and social policy, and his papers have been published in peer-reviewed academic journals and policy journals such as Tax Notes and National Affairs. He is the editor of “The US Labor Market: Questions and Challenges for Public Policy and the coeditor, with Stan Veuger, of “Economic Freedom and Human Flourishing: Perspectives from Political Philosophy.” He was a member of the AEI-Brookings Working Group on Poverty and Opportunity, which published the report “Opportunity, Responsibility, and Security: A Consensus Plan for Reducing Poverty and Restoring the American Dream.”

He also writes frequently for popular audiences, and his essays and op-eds have been published by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, National Review, and The Weekly Standard, among others. He is a columnist for Bloomberg View.

A frequent guest on radio and television, Dr. Strain is regularly interviewed by news networks including CNBC and NPR. He has testified before Congress and speaks often to a variety of audiences. Before joining AEI, Dr. Strain worked in the Center for Economic Studies at the US Census Bureau and in the macroeconomics research group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Select publications

 * His 2 edited volumes: human flourishing and labor markets
 * CRN report
 * A jobs agenda for the right, 2014 (National Affairs)
 * Should the top marginal income tax rate be 73 percent, 2012 (Tax Notes)