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Deborah Lucas

MEMBER SINCE: 2018

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Director, Golub Center for Finance and Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Sloan Distinguished Professor of Finance, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Assistant Director, Financial Analysis Division, Congressional Budget Office; Associate Director of Financial Studies, Congressional Budget Office; Professor of Finance, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Donald C. Clark HSBC Professor of Consumer Finance Department of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; Member, Social Security Technical Advisory Panel; Chief Economist, Congressional Budget Office; Member, Social Security Technical Advisory Panel; Chairman, Department of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; John L. and Helen Kellogg Distinguished Associate Professor, Department of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; Research Associate, The National Bureau of Economic Research; Faculty Research Fellow, The National Bureau of Economic Research; Senior Staff Economist, Council of Economic Advisers; Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

History of Employment

Position
Division
Organization
Start
End
Director
Golub Center for Finance and Policy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2012
present
Sloan Distinguished Professor of Finance
Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2011
present
Research Associate
The National Bureau of Economic Research
1998
present
Assistant Director
Financial Analysis Division
Congressional Budget Office
2010
2011
Professor of Finance
Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2009
2011
Associate Director of Financial Studies
Congressional Budget Office
2009
2010
Donald C. Clark HSBC Professor of Consumer Finance
Department of Finance, Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University
1996
2009
Member
Social Security Technical Advisory Panel
2006
2007
Chief Economist
Congressional Budget Office
2000
2001
Member
Social Security Technical Advisory Panel
1999
2000
Chairman
Department of Finance, Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University
1996
1998
Faculty Research Fellow
The National Bureau of Economic Research
1992
1998
John L. and Helen Kellogg Distinguished Associate Professor
Department of Finance, Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University
1992
1996
Senior Staff Economist
Council of Economic Advisers
1992
1993
Assistant Professor
Department of Finance, Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University
1985
1992
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Finance, Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1990
1991
Primary Policy Areas

Banking/Financial Regulation, Budget and Finance, Economy, Education, Government Operations/Innovation, Housing, Pensions

Primary Sector of Expertise

Academic

Primary Functions

Academic Faculty, Budgeting and Finance

Management Matters Podcast

Grand Challenge: Advance the Nation's Fiscal Health

Being Fiscally Prepared for the Next Crisis with Dr. Deborah Lucas

Season: 1 Episode:72 | September 20, 2021

Show Notes:

On this episode, we welcome Dr. Deborah Lucas, Director of the Golub Center for Finance and Policy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Academy Fellow, to discuss the U.S. ability to respond to another economic crisis, government investment in infrastructure and other programs, and how the U.S. can improve its fiscal situation.