Phillip Swagel
Phillip Swagel
Phillip Lee "Phill" Swagel is an American economist and former official in the United States government. As Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy from 2006 to 2009, he played an important role in the Troubled Asset Relief Program that was part of the U.S. government's response to the financial crisis of 2007–08. He is currently a Professor in International Economics at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, a non-resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, senior...
infant maybe tariff
I don't know what would be worse, maybe a tariff on infant formula.
aspects currency economy focus waste
I think the focus on the currency and some aspects of the economy is really a waste of time, at best, and at worst, a distraction from important issues, like Korea, Iran.
election hard uphill
It's going to be an uphill battle. In an election year, it would be enormously hard to get more than token cuts.