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Michael Madowitz is the former director of macroeconomic policy at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. His areas of research are macroeconomics, climate economics, energy markets, and the role of mothers and child care in the economy. Previously, he was a senior economist at the U.S. Congress’ Joint Economic Committee, after working in economic policy at the Center for American Progress, Resources for the Future, and the Brookings Institution. In addition, he serves on the Data Users Advisory Committee for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Madowitz holds a doctoral candidate degree in economics and a master’s degree in applied mathematics from the University of California, San Diego, and an undergraduate degree in economics and international relations from Pomona College.

Laura Alexander is a former director of markets and competition policy at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Her primary areas of research include healthcare markets, private equity, residential real estate sales, privacy policy, and labor market monopsony. Prior to Equitable Growth, she was the vice president of policy at the American Antitrust Institute. Alexander also is an experienced litigator, having represented plaintiffs and defendants in antitrust and other cases through trial and appeals as an associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and as an associate and partner at Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC. She received her J.D. from Georgetown University and her B.A. in mathematics from Reed College. Alexander is also an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown.

Chi Hyun Kim is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bonn.

Moritz Kuhn is a professor of economics at the University of Bonn.

Moritz Schularick is a professor of economics at Sciences Po Paris and the University of Bonn, sirector of the MacroFinance Lab, and a principal investigator in the DFG-Excellence Cluster ECONtribute.

Nicole Kovski is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Adriana Lleras-Muney is a professor of economics at the University of California, Los Angeles and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Anna Aizer is a professor of economics at Brown University and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Shogher Ohannessian is a Ph.D. candidate in economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Cole Campbell is an industry economist at the Federal Communications Commission. He received his B.A. in economics and B.S.in psychology from the University of New Mexico, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Illinois Chicago.