| Gene Steuerle | |
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Gene Steuerle at the Urban Institute, 2008 |
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| Education | Ph.D., Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison B.A. Mathematics, University of Dayton |
| Occupation | economist |
| Employer | Urban Institute |
| Known for | Spearheading tax reform and social security reform |
C. Eugene "Gene" Steuerle is an American economist, Richard B. Fisher chair and Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C., and a columnist under the title The Government We Deserve.
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Steuerle has served as:
He serves or has served on advisory panels or boards for the Congressional Budget Office, the Government Accountability Office, the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, the Independent Sector, the Aspen Institute Initiative on Financial Security, the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, and the Partnership for America’s Economic Success, and the Community Foundation for the National Capitol Region. He is also a co-founder of the Alexandria Community Trust (ACT for Alexandria), a community foundation.[1]
Steuerle is the author, co-author or co-editor of fifteen books and over one thousand articles, briefs, and Congressional testimonies.[2]
Books include
Steuerle is considered a key player and the original organizer of the Treasury's tax reform effort.[3][4] Ronald A. Pearlman, former Assistant Secretary of Tax Policy wrote that 1986 tax reform “would not have moved forward without [Steuerle's] early leadership,”[5] and Lawrence B. Gibbs, former Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, stated “few people have had greater impact on major changes in the tax law and the principal improvements in tax compliance and administration.”[6] Andrew Samwick, Director of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth College, dubbed Steuerle "Social Security Czar" for his expertise in Social Security reform.[7]