William W. Beach is Commissioner of the

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Education

Beach holds a BA degree from

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, a master's degree from the

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and a PhD in Economics from the

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Career

Beach was previously Vice President for Policy Research at the

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, Chief Economist for the

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, Republican Staff, and Lazof Family Fellow in Economics at

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and director of the Foundation's Center for Data Analysis.

Selected works

* Beach, William W., and Tim Kane. "Methodology: Measuring the 10 economic freedoms." 2008 Index of economic freedom (2008): 39–55. * Beach, William W., and Marc A. Miles. "Explaining the factors of the index of economic freedom." 2006 Index of Economic Freedom (2006): 55–76. * Beach, William W., and Gareth G. Davis. Social Security's rate of return. Heritage Foundation, 1998. * Beach, William W., Aaron B. Schavey, and Isabel M. Isidro. How Realiable are IMF Economic Forecasts?. Heritage Foundation, 1999. * Butler, Stuart M., William W. Beach, and Paul L. Winfree. Pathways to economic mobility: Key indicators. Economic mobility project, 2008.

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