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'''Michael R. Strain''' is an American economist. He is currently the Director of Economic Policy Studies and the Arthur F. Burns Scholar in Political Economy at the [[American Enterprise Institute]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Michael R. Strain - The American Enterprise Institute|url=https://www.aei.org/profile/michael-r-strain/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is also a research fellow at the [[IZA Institute of Labor Economics]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/pst593.htm|title=Registered Author: Michael R. Strain|website=econpapers.repec.org|access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref> and a columnist for [[Bloomberg News#Bloomberg Opinion|Bloomberg Opinion]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://conversationswithbillkristol.org/guest/michaelstrain/|title=Guest Michael Strain}}</ref> Strain's research focuses on [[labor economics]], [[public finance]], and [[social policy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aei.org/scholar/michael-r-strain/|title=AEI - Michael R. Strain}}</ref>
'''Michael R. Strain''' is an American economist. He is currently the Director of Economic Policy Studies and the Arthur F. Burns Scholar in Political Economy at the [[American Enterprise Institute]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Michael R. Strain - The American Enterprise Institute|url=https://www.aei.org/profile/michael-r-strain/}}</ref> He is also Professor of Practice in the McCourt School of Public Policy at [[Georgetown University]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael R Strain |url=https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/003Hp00002j1LTXIA2/michael-strain |access-date=17 August 2023 |website=Georgetown University Faculty}}</ref> a research fellow at the [[IZA Institute of Labor Economics]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/pst593.htm|title=Registered Author: Michael R. Strain|website=econpapers.repec.org|access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref> and a columnist for [[Project Syndicate]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michael Strain - Project Syndicate |url=https://www.project-syndicate.org/columnist/michael-r-strain}}</ref> Strain's research focuses on [[Labour economics|labor economics]], [[macroeconomics]], [[public finance]], and [[social policy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aei.org/scholar/michael-r-strain/|title=AEI - Michael R. Strain}}</ref>


== Education and career ==
== Education and career ==
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Strain holds a Ph.D. in economics from [[Cornell University]]. In 2005, he joined the [[Federal Reserve Bank of New York]] as an assistant economist until 2008 when he joined the Center for Economic Studies at the [[United States Census Bureau|US Census Bureau]]. While still working at the US Census Bureau, he took up the job of administrator at the New York Census Research Data Centers in 2011.<ref name="NYT" />
Strain holds a Ph.D. in economics from [[Cornell University]]. In 2005, he joined the [[Federal Reserve Bank of New York]] as an assistant economist until 2008 when he joined the Center for Economic Studies at the [[United States Census Bureau|US Census Bureau]]. While still working at the US Census Bureau, he took up the job of administrator at the New York Census Research Data Centers in 2011.<ref name="NYT" />


In 2012, Strain left the Census Bureau and joined the [[American Enterprise Institute]] as a Research Fellow and later became the deputy director of Economic Policy Studies at the institute in 2015. Since becoming AEI's Director of Economic Policy in 2016, Strain leads the work of the institute in the [[economic policy]], financial markets, and health care policy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/08/08/this-conservative-economist-cares-more-about-unemployment-than-obama-does/ |title= This conservative economist cares more about unemployment than Obama does}}</ref>
In 2012, Strain left the Census Bureau and joined the [[American Enterprise Institute]] as a Research Fellow and later became the deputy director of Economic Policy Studies at the institute in 2015. Since becoming AEI's Director of Economic Policy in 2016, Strain leads the work of the institute in the [[economic policy]], financial markets, and health care policy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/08/08/this-conservative-economist-cares-more-about-unemployment-than-obama-does/ |title= This conservative economist cares more about unemployment than Obama does|newspaper= [[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>


He is the editor of ''The US Labor Market: Questions and Challenges for Public Policy''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aei.org/publication/the-us-labor-market-questions-and-challenges-for-public-policy/ |title= The US Labor Market: Questions and Challenges for Public Policy}}</ref> He co-edited, with Stan Veuger, the ''Economic Freedom and Human Flourishing: Perspectives from Political Philosophy.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marketsandmorality.com/index.php/mandm/article/view/1263 |title= Review of "Economic Freedom and Human Flourishing: Perspectives from Political Philosophy" edited by Michael R. Strain and Stan A. Veuger}}</ref>
He is the editor of ''The US Labor Market: Questions and Challenges for Public Policy''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aei.org/publication/the-us-labor-market-questions-and-challenges-for-public-policy/ |title= The US Labor Market: Questions and Challenges for Public Policy}}</ref> He co-edited, with Stan Veuger, the ''Economic Freedom and Human Flourishing: Perspectives from Political Philosophy.''<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.marketsandmorality.com/index.php/mandm/article/view/1263 |title= Review of "Economic Freedom and Human Flourishing: Perspectives from Political Philosophy" edited by Michael R. Strain and Stan A. Veuger|journal= Journal of Markets & Morality|date= 29 August 2017|volume= 20|issue= 1|last1= Jayabalan|first1= Kishore}}</ref> He is the co-editor of three books: ''What Has Happened to the American Working Class since the Great Recession?''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-27 |title=What Has Happened to the American Working Class since the Great Recession? |url=https://www.aapss.org/volumes/what-has-happened-to-the-american-working-class-since-the-great-recession/ |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=AAPSS |language=en-US}}</ref>'', The US Labor Market: Questions and Challenges for Public Policy''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The US Labor Market: Questions and Challenges for Public Policy |url=https://www.aei.org/research-products/book/the-us-labor-market-questions-and-challenges-for-public-policy/ |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=American Enterprise Institute - AEI |language=en-US}}</ref>'','' and ''Economic Freedom and Human Flourishing: Perspectives from Political Philosophy.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Economic Freedom and Human Flourishing: Perspectives from Political Philosophy |url=https://www.aei.org/research-products/book/economic-freedom-and-human-flourishing-perspectives-from-political-philosophy/ |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=American Enterprise Institute - AEI |language=en-US}}</ref>


Strain has published academic research on the Paycheck Protection Program, the Earned Income Tax Credit, the [[gender pay gap]], the effects of minimum wage laws, the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act|Affordable Care Act]], and payday lending. He has published policy research on increasing employment,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/a-jobs-agenda-for-the-right |title= A Jobs Agenda for the Right}}</ref> the "socially optimal" top marginal income tax rate,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2012/11/27/should-the-top-tax-rate-be-73-percent/ |title= Should the top tax rate be 73 percent?}}</ref> worksharing unemployment insurance programs, the effects of job loss, and the federal budget.<ref name=NR>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/blog/the-agenda/michael-strains-new-jobs-agenda-reihan-salam/ |title=Michael Strain’s New Jobs Agenda }}</ref>
Strain has published research articles on the [[Paycheck Protection Program]], fiscal and monetary policy following the 2008 financial crisis, the Earned Income Tax Credit, the [[gender pay gap]], the effects of minimum wage laws and unemployment insurance, the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act|Affordable Care Act]], "wage theft" and payday lending, increasing employment,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/a-jobs-agenda-for-the-right |title= A Jobs Agenda for the Right}}</ref> the "socially optimal" top marginal income tax rate,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2012/11/27/should-the-top-tax-rate-be-73-percent/ |title= Should the top tax rate be 73 percent?|newspaper= [[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> worksharing unemployment insurance programs, the effects of job loss, and the federal budget.<ref name=NR>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/blog/the-agenda/michael-strains-new-jobs-agenda-reihan-salam/ |title=Michael Strain's New Jobs Agenda |website=[[National Review]] }}</ref>


In 2013, National Review's [[Reihan Salam]] described him as the "most important conservative reformer, and the one who could have the biggest beneficial impact on the well-being of Americans struggling to climb the economic ladder."<ref name=NR/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/blog/the-agenda/north-carolinas-unemployment-insurance-experiment-reihan-salam/ |title= North Carolina’s Unemployment Insurance Experiment}}</ref> He was featured in a 2014 [[The New York Times Magazine|''New York Times Magazine'']] cover story as one of the main intellectuals in the reform conservative movement.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/magazine/can-the-gop-be-a-party-of-ideas.html |title=Can the G.O.P. Be a Party of Ideas?}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/07/behind-the-cover-story-sam-tanenhaus-on-the-g-o-p-s-new-intellectuals/|title= Behind the Cover Story: Sam Tanenhaus on the G.O.P.’s New Intellectuals}}</ref> He contributed a chapter to ''Room to Grow: Conservative Reforms for a Limited Government and a Thriving Middle Class'', a reform conservative manifesto that New York Times columnist [[David Brooks (cultural commentator)|David Brooks]] called "the most coherent and compelling policy agenda the American right has produced this century."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/10/opinion/brooks-the-new-right.html|title=The New Right}}</ref> He was identified by [[Karl Rove]] in 2014 as one of the new "conservative reformers."<ref>{{cite web|title=The New Republican Reformers|url=http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303725404579461533009549904}}</ref> His work has been cited by [[The Economist]] magazine as contributing “to an intellectual revolution in macroeconomics."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Changing central banks—and governments|url=https://www.economist.com/special-report/2021/04/08/changing-central-banks-and-governments|url-status=live|website=The Economist}}</ref>
In 2013, National Review's [[Reihan Salam]] described him as the "most important conservative reformer, and the one who could have the biggest beneficial impact on the well-being of Americans struggling to climb the economic ladder."<ref name=NR/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/blog/the-agenda/north-carolinas-unemployment-insurance-experiment-reihan-salam/ |title= North Carolina's Unemployment Insurance Experiment|website= [[National Review]]}}</ref> He was featured in a 2014 [[The New York Times Magazine|''New York Times Magazine'']] cover story as one of the main intellectuals in the reform conservative movement.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/magazine/can-the-gop-be-a-party-of-ideas.html |title=Can the G.O.P. Be a Party of Ideas?|work=The New York Times |date=2 July 2014 |last1=Tanenhaus |first1=Sam }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/07/behind-the-cover-story-sam-tanenhaus-on-the-g-o-p-s-new-intellectuals/|title= Behind the Cover Story: Sam Tanenhaus on the G.O.P.'s New Intellectuals|date= 7 July 2014}}</ref> He contributed a chapter to ''Room to Grow: Conservative Reforms for a Limited Government and a Thriving Middle Class'', a reform conservative manifesto that New York Times columnist [[David Brooks (cultural commentator)|David Brooks]] called "the most coherent and compelling policy agenda the American right has produced this century."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/10/opinion/brooks-the-new-right.html|title=The New Right|work=The New York Times |date=10 June 2014 |last1=Brooks |first1=David }}</ref> He was identified by [[Karl Rove]] in 2014 as one of the new "conservative reformers."<ref>{{cite web|title=The New Republican Reformers|url=http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303725404579461533009549904}}</ref> In 2021 his work was cited by [[The Economist]] magazine as contributing “to an intellectual revolution in macroeconomics."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Changing central banks—and governments|url=https://www.economist.com/special-report/2021/04/08/changing-central-banks-and-governments|newspaper=The Economist}}</ref>


Strain's work on the economic policy response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=What Will Biden’s Covid-19 Stimulus Plan Look Like?|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-will-bidens-covid-19-stimulus-plan-look-like-11610543042|url-status=live}}</ref> employment, anti-poverty and upward mobility issues, and economic opportunity has been featured or profiled in many publications, including ''The New York Times'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/10/opinion/brooks-movement-on-the-right.html|title=Movement on the Right}}</ref> The Atlantic, and National Review, among others. Strain was cited by The New York Times as being among the first economists to warn that President Biden's stimulus plans could spark inflation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biden and the Fed Leave 1970s Inflation Fears Behind|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/business/economy/biden-fed-inflation-covid.html|url-status=live|website=The New York Times}}</ref> He is a regular guest on major media outlets, including [[CNBC]], [[MSNBC]], and [[Marketplace (radio program)|Marketplace Radio]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/video/2017/10/31/corporate-tax-cuts-at-heart-of-tax-reform-aeis-michael-strain.html |title= Corporate tax cuts at heart of tax reform: AEI's Michael Strain}}</ref> He has testified before Congress and speaks often to a variety of audiences.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Virtual Hearing - More than a Shot in the Arm: The Need for Additional COVID-19 Stimulus|url=https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=407097|url-status=live}}</ref>
Strain's work on the economic policy response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=What Will Biden's Covid-19 Stimulus Plan Look Like?|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-will-bidens-covid-19-stimulus-plan-look-like-11610543042}}</ref> employment, anti-poverty and upward mobility issues, and economic opportunity has been featured or profiled in many publications, including ''The New York Times'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/10/opinion/brooks-movement-on-the-right.html|title=Movement on the Right|work=The New York Times |date=10 January 2014 |last1=Brooks |first1=David }}</ref> The Atlantic, and National Review, among others. Strain was cited by The New York Times,<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Tankersley |first1=Jim |last2=Smialek |first2=Jeanna |date=2021-02-15 |title=Biden and the Fed Leave 1970s Inflation Fears Behind |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/business/economy/biden-fed-inflation-covid.html |access-date=2022-11-28 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The Wall Street Journal,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ip |first=Greg |title=On Inflation, Economics Has Some Explaining to Do |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/on-inflation-economics-has-some-explaining-to-do-11655294432 |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=WSJ |language=en-US}}</ref> and The Washington Post<ref>{{Cite news |title=Biden's rescue plan made inflation worse but the economy better |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/10/09/inflation-economy-biden-covid/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> as being among the first economists to warn that President Biden's stimulus plans could spark inflation. He is a regular guest on major media outlets, including [[CNBC]], [[MSNBC]], and [[Marketplace (radio program)|Marketplace Radio]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/video/2017/10/31/corporate-tax-cuts-at-heart-of-tax-reform-aeis-michael-strain.html |title= Corporate tax cuts at heart of tax reform: AEI's Michael Strain|website= [[CNBC]]}}</ref> He has testified before Congress and speaks often to a variety of audiences.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Virtual Hearing - More than a Shot in the Arm: The Need for Additional COVID-19 Stimulus|url=https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=407097}}</ref>


In January 2020, Strain published ''The American Dream is Not Dead: (But Populism Might Kill It)'', in which he writes that despite popular conceptions about long-term economic stagnation, America is still broadly characterized by upward mobility. Strain argues that when measured properly, wages and incomes have risen over the past several decades. Thus, contrary to what populist politicians and commentators of both parties often say, America's economic system is not “rigged.”<ref>{{Cite web|title=The American Dream Is Not Dead: (But Populism Could Kill It) (New Threats to Freedom Series)|url=https://www.amazon.com/American-Dream-Not-Dead-Populism/dp/159947557X|url-status=live}}</ref>
In January 2020, Strain published ''The American Dream is Not Dead: (But Populism Might Kill It)'', in which he writes that despite popular conceptions about long-term economic stagnation, America is still broadly characterized by upward mobility. Strain argues that when measured properly, wages and incomes have risen over the past several decades. Thus, contrary to what populist politicians and commentators of both parties often say, America's economic system is not “rigged.”<ref>{{Cite book|title=The American Dream Is Not Dead: (But Populism Could Kill It) (New Threats to Freedom Series)|isbn=978-1599475578 |last1=Strain |first1=Michael R. |date=25 February 2020 |publisher=Templeton Press }}</ref>


The book received mostly positive reviews. Washington Post columnist George F. Will praised the book as “an inoculation against politically motivated misinformation.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Will|first=George|title=The false bipartisan narrative on the economy|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/despite-bipartisan-lament-upward-mobility-lives-on/2020/03/12/8951d47a-6471-11ea-845d-e35b0234b136_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>” Former House speaker Paul Ryan wrote: “Without glossing over the real challenges that too many Americans face, Michael Strain makes a persuasive case that the American dream remains alive and well.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=The American Dream Is Not Dead: But Populism Could Kill It|url=https://bookshop.org/books/the-american-dream-is-not-dead-but-populism-could-kill-it/9781599475578|url-status=live}}</ref>” [[Lawrence Summers]], the former Treasury secretary, described the book as “a welcome antidote to the pervasive pessimism surrounding economic policy debates.<ref name=":0" />” Robert Verbruggen in National Review wrote he had “one criticism of the book more broadly: There isn’t a whole lot here about how ‘populism could kill’ the American Dream,” but said the book would be “a good gift for that pessimistic reactionary down the street.”<ref>{{Cite web|title=How Much Does It Suck to Live in Modern America?|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/02/american-economy-long-term-trends-positive/|url-status=live}}</ref>
The book received mostly positive reviews. Washington Post columnist George F. Will praised the book as “an inoculation against politically motivated misinformation.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Will|first=George|title=The false bipartisan narrative on the economy|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/despite-bipartisan-lament-upward-mobility-lives-on/2020/03/12/8951d47a-6471-11ea-845d-e35b0234b136_story.html}}</ref>” Former House speaker Paul Ryan wrote: “Without glossing over the real challenges that too many Americans face, Michael Strain makes a persuasive case that the American dream remains alive and well.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=The American Dream Is Not Dead: But Populism Could Kill It|url=https://bookshop.org/books/the-american-dream-is-not-dead-but-populism-could-kill-it/9781599475578}}</ref>” [[Lawrence Summers]], the former Treasury secretary, described the book as “a welcome antidote to the pervasive pessimism surrounding economic policy debates.<ref name=":0" />” Robert Verbruggen in National Review wrote he had “one criticism of the book more broadly: There isn’t a whole lot here about how ‘populism could kill’ the American Dream,” but said the book would be “a good gift for that pessimistic reactionary down the street.”<ref>{{Cite web|title=How Much Does It Suck to Live in Modern America?|website=[[National Review]] |date=27 February 2020 |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/02/american-economy-long-term-trends-positive/}}</ref>


== Personal life==
== Personal life==
Strain is Catholic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-08-29/yes-paul-ryan-can-be-pro-capitalist-and-a-catholic |title=Yes, Paul Ryan Can Be Pro-Capitalist and a Catholic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cruxnow.com/life/2015/09/10/debate-over-poverty-highlights-discussion-of-economics-and-the-family/ |title=Debate over poverty highlights talk of economics and the family}}</ref> Strain and his wife have two children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/10/wonder-mystery-birth-we-all-were-babies-once/|title=Birth, the Great Equalizer|date=2017-10-23|website=National Review|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-16}}</ref>
Strain is Catholic.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-08-29/yes-paul-ryan-can-be-pro-capitalist-and-a-catholic |title=Yes, Paul Ryan Can Be Pro-Capitalist and a Catholic|newspaper=Bloomberg |date=29 August 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cruxnow.com/life/2015/09/10/debate-over-poverty-highlights-discussion-of-economics-and-the-family/ |title=Debate over poverty highlights talk of economics and the family}}</ref> Strain and his wife have two children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/10/wonder-mystery-birth-we-all-were-babies-once/|title=Birth, the Great Equalizer|date=2017-10-23|website=National Review|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-16}}</ref>


== Selected publications ==
== Selected publications ==

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Michael Strain
Michael R. Strain speaks at an AEI Event
Personal details
Political partyRepublican
EducationMarquette University (BA)
New York University (MA)
Cornell University (PhD)

Michael R. Strain is an American economist. He is currently the Director of Economic Policy Studies and the Arthur F. Burns Scholar in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute.[1] He is also Professor of Practice in the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University,[2] a research fellow at the IZA Institute of Labor Economics,[3] and a columnist for Project Syndicate.[4] Strain's research focuses on labor economics, macroeconomics, public finance, and social policy.[5]

Education and career

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Strain graduated from Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Missouri, before attending Marquette University and graduating magna cum laude.[6]

Strain holds a Ph.D. in economics from Cornell University. In 2005, he joined the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as an assistant economist until 2008 when he joined the Center for Economic Studies at the US Census Bureau. While still working at the US Census Bureau, he took up the job of administrator at the New York Census Research Data Centers in 2011.[7]

In 2012, Strain left the Census Bureau and joined the American Enterprise Institute as a Research Fellow and later became the deputy director of Economic Policy Studies at the institute in 2015. Since becoming AEI's Director of Economic Policy in 2016, Strain leads the work of the institute in the economic policy, financial markets, and health care policy.[8]

He is the editor of The US Labor Market: Questions and Challenges for Public Policy[9] He co-edited, with Stan Veuger, the Economic Freedom and Human Flourishing: Perspectives from Political Philosophy.[10] He is the co-editor of three books: What Has Happened to the American Working Class since the Great Recession?[11], The US Labor Market: Questions and Challenges for Public Policy[12], and Economic Freedom and Human Flourishing: Perspectives from Political Philosophy.[13]

Strain has published research articles on the Paycheck Protection Program, fiscal and monetary policy following the 2008 financial crisis, the Earned Income Tax Credit, the gender pay gap, the effects of minimum wage laws and unemployment insurance, the Affordable Care Act, "wage theft" and payday lending, increasing employment,[14] the "socially optimal" top marginal income tax rate,[15] worksharing unemployment insurance programs, the effects of job loss, and the federal budget.[16]

In 2013, National Review's Reihan Salam described him as the "most important conservative reformer, and the one who could have the biggest beneficial impact on the well-being of Americans struggling to climb the economic ladder."[16][17] He was featured in a 2014 New York Times Magazine cover story as one of the main intellectuals in the reform conservative movement.[7][18] He contributed a chapter to Room to Grow: Conservative Reforms for a Limited Government and a Thriving Middle Class, a reform conservative manifesto that New York Times columnist David Brooks called "the most coherent and compelling policy agenda the American right has produced this century."[19] He was identified by Karl Rove in 2014 as one of the new "conservative reformers."[20] In 2021 his work was cited by The Economist magazine as contributing “to an intellectual revolution in macroeconomics."[21]

Strain's work on the economic policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic,[22] employment, anti-poverty and upward mobility issues, and economic opportunity has been featured or profiled in many publications, including The New York Times,[23] The Atlantic, and National Review, among others. Strain was cited by The New York Times,[24] The Wall Street Journal,[25] and The Washington Post[26] as being among the first economists to warn that President Biden's stimulus plans could spark inflation. He is a regular guest on major media outlets, including CNBC, MSNBC, and Marketplace Radio.[27] He has testified before Congress and speaks often to a variety of audiences.[28]

In January 2020, Strain published The American Dream is Not Dead: (But Populism Might Kill It), in which he writes that despite popular conceptions about long-term economic stagnation, America is still broadly characterized by upward mobility. Strain argues that when measured properly, wages and incomes have risen over the past several decades. Thus, contrary to what populist politicians and commentators of both parties often say, America's economic system is not “rigged.”[29]

The book received mostly positive reviews. Washington Post columnist George F. Will praised the book as “an inoculation against politically motivated misinformation.[30]” Former House speaker Paul Ryan wrote: “Without glossing over the real challenges that too many Americans face, Michael Strain makes a persuasive case that the American dream remains alive and well.[31]” Lawrence Summers, the former Treasury secretary, described the book as “a welcome antidote to the pervasive pessimism surrounding economic policy debates.[31]” Robert Verbruggen in National Review wrote he had “one criticism of the book more broadly: There isn’t a whole lot here about how ‘populism could kill’ the American Dream,” but said the book would be “a good gift for that pessimistic reactionary down the street.”[32]

Personal life

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Strain is Catholic.[33][34] Strain and his wife have two children.[35]

Selected publications

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Books

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  • The US Labor Market: Questions and Challenges for Public Policy (2016). ISBN 978-0844750071
  • Economic Freedom and Human Flourishing: Perspectives from Political Philosophy (2016). ISBN 978-0844750019
  • The American Dream Is Not Dead: (But Populism Could Kill It) (2020) ISBN 978-1599475578

Papers

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  • High School Experiences, the Gender Wage Gap, and the Selection of Occupation, Applied Economics, vol. 49, no. 49, 2017.
  • Do Minimum Wage Increases Influence Worker Health?, Economic Inquiry, vol. 55, no. 4, 2017.
  • Has the Affordable Care Act increased part-time employment?, Applied Economics Letters, vol. 23, no. 3, 2016.
  • A Jobs Agenda for the Right, National Affairs, no. 18, winter 2014.[36]

References

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  1. ^ "Michael R. Strain - The American Enterprise Institute".
  2. ^ "Michael R Strain". Georgetown University Faculty. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Registered Author: Michael R. Strain". econpapers.repec.org. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  4. ^ "Michael Strain - Project Syndicate".
  5. ^ "AEI - Michael R. Strain".
  6. ^ "Michael R. Strain | AEI Scholar". AEI. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  7. ^ a b Tanenhaus, Sam (2 July 2014). "Can the G.O.P. Be a Party of Ideas?". The New York Times.
  8. ^ "This conservative economist cares more about unemployment than Obama does". The Washington Post.
  9. ^ "The US Labor Market: Questions and Challenges for Public Policy".
  10. ^ Jayabalan, Kishore (29 August 2017). "Review of "Economic Freedom and Human Flourishing: Perspectives from Political Philosophy" edited by Michael R. Strain and Stan A. Veuger". Journal of Markets & Morality. 20 (1).
  11. ^ "What Has Happened to the American Working Class since the Great Recession?". AAPSS. 2021-05-27. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  12. ^ "The US Labor Market: Questions and Challenges for Public Policy". American Enterprise Institute - AEI. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  13. ^ "Economic Freedom and Human Flourishing: Perspectives from Political Philosophy". American Enterprise Institute - AEI. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  14. ^ "A Jobs Agenda for the Right".
  15. ^ "Should the top tax rate be 73 percent?". The Washington Post.
  16. ^ a b "Michael Strain's New Jobs Agenda". National Review.
  17. ^ "North Carolina's Unemployment Insurance Experiment". National Review.
  18. ^ "Behind the Cover Story: Sam Tanenhaus on the G.O.P.'s New Intellectuals". 7 July 2014.
  19. ^ Brooks, David (10 June 2014). "The New Right". The New York Times.
  20. ^ "The New Republican Reformers".
  21. ^ "Changing central banks—and governments". The Economist.
  22. ^ "What Will Biden's Covid-19 Stimulus Plan Look Like?".
  23. ^ Brooks, David (10 January 2014). "Movement on the Right". The New York Times.
  24. ^ Tankersley, Jim; Smialek, Jeanna (2021-02-15). "Biden and the Fed Leave 1970s Inflation Fears Behind". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  25. ^ Ip, Greg. "On Inflation, Economics Has Some Explaining to Do". WSJ. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  26. ^ "Biden's rescue plan made inflation worse but the economy better". The Washington Post.
  27. ^ "Corporate tax cuts at heart of tax reform: AEI's Michael Strain". CNBC.
  28. ^ "Virtual Hearing - More than a Shot in the Arm: The Need for Additional COVID-19 Stimulus".
  29. ^ Strain, Michael R. (25 February 2020). The American Dream Is Not Dead: (But Populism Could Kill It) (New Threats to Freedom Series). Templeton Press. ISBN 978-1599475578.
  30. ^ Will, George. "The false bipartisan narrative on the economy". The Washington Post.
  31. ^ a b "The American Dream Is Not Dead: But Populism Could Kill It".
  32. ^ "How Much Does It Suck to Live in Modern America?". National Review. 27 February 2020.
  33. ^ "Yes, Paul Ryan Can Be Pro-Capitalist and a Catholic". Bloomberg. 29 August 2017.
  34. ^ "Debate over poverty highlights talk of economics and the family".
  35. ^ "Birth, the Great Equalizer". National Review. 2017-10-23. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  36. ^ "Publications by Michael R. Strain".
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