Susan Helper
Susan Helper

Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics

Case Western Reserve University

Susan Helper is the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. She was formerly chief economist at the U.S. Department of Commerce and a member of the White House Staff. She has served as chair of theĀ Economics Department, and has been a visiting scholar at University of Oxford, the University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on the globalization of supply chains, and on how U.S. manufacturing might be revitalized.Ā  Helper received her B.A. from Oberlin College in economics, government, and Spanish and her Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.

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Advancing economic research on the Inflation Reduction Act: Q&A with Susan Helper

Tax & Macroeconomics
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Transforming U.S. supply chains to create good jobs

Labor
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Policy options for building resilient U.S. medical supply networks

Tax & MacroeconomicsInequality & MobilityLabor
Coronavirus Recession

The president must appoint a COVID-19 czar to ramp up production of medical supplies

Families
Coronavirus Recession

Creative economic solutions could help us avoid the next Great Depression

Tax & MacroeconomicsInequality & MobilityLabor
Coronavirus Recession

Retool U.S. supply chains to address weaknesses exposed by new coronavirus

Labor
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