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David Podoff
David Podoff received his Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a B.B.A, with a major in Economics, from the City University of New York. His research interests include Social Security solvency, the challenges and opportunities of restructuring disability programs, and the relationship between life expectancy and health status.
He is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Public Policy Institute of Georgetown University and in the Department of Public Policy of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From 2001-2004 he taught Public Policy and Economics at the Baruch College of the City University of New York. He is a consultant on research to the Office of Policy of the Social Security Administration, and was appointed by the United States Senate to a six-year term (2000-2006) on the seven-member Social Security Advisory Board.
Dr. Podoff retired from the government after almost 27 years of service, ending his long career as Minority Staff Director and Chief Economist for the Senate Committee on Finance. Prior to heading the Democratic Staff on the Committee, Podoff served as its Minority Chief Health and Social Security Counselor and Chief Economist. In these positions on the Finance Committee, Podoff has been involved in major legislative debates with respect to the long term solvency of Social Security, health care reform, the constitutional amendment to balance the budget, the debt ceiling, 5-7 year plans to balance the budget and the accuracy of inflation measures and other government statistics. Podoff is the principal staff architect of the Moynihan-Kerrey bill on Social Security--S. 21, the Social Security Solvency Act of 1999.
Prior to service on Capitol Hill, Podoff directed various research units in the Social Security Administration's Office of Research and Statistics. Podoff also taught Economics at the University of Massachusetts in Boston and the University of California in Santa Barbara.
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