Casey B. Mulligan is an American economist and author. He is a Professor in Economics at the

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. He served as chief economist for the

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in the

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from September 6, 2018 to August 2019.

Education

After earning a Bachelor of Arts from

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, Mulligan earned a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago in 1993. After completing his PhD, he became a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago before starting a tenure-track in 1994.

Career

Mulligan has worked as a visiting professor at

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, and the

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. He has written articles for

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'', and ''

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''. Mulligan also wrote for Economix, a ''New York Times'' blog. In 2012, Mulligan published ''The Redistribution Recession'' which argued that social welfare programs such as food stamps and unemployment benefits during the

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disincentivized work and thus prolonged the recession. Mulligan has argued that the

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("Obamacare") disincentivizes work. Mulligan opposes paid sick days, arguing that they lead workers to take sick days even when they are not sick. In 2020, he published ''You’re Hired!: Untold Successes and Failures of a Populist President'', which praises President Trump's skills and his administration's policies. With Trump economic advisor Kevin Hassett, he co-authored an analysis of Biden's economic program during the 2020 presidential election.

References

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