Top 12 Charts of 2025 from the AESG
Happy holidays from the Aspen Economic Strategy Group! Thank you for your continued interest and support of our work. As a group devoted to advancing evidence-based economic policy, we appreciate the powerful role that charts play in telling the story of our economy. Enjoy twelve figures that showcase the AESG’s work in 2025! Figure 1: ...
Aspen Economic Strategy Group Reports related to Affordability
Policymakers across the political spectrum – and at the federal, state, and local levels – are increasingly focused on improving “affordability” for Americans. The Aspen Economic Strategy Group has released a series of reports that speak directly to this challenge. Below, we highlight five AESG reports that offer evidence-based insights into how policy can strengthen ...
Aspen Economic Strategy Group Welcomes Four New Members
Aspen Economic Strategy Group Welcomes New Members Leading business executives and academics join bipartisan group dedicated to promoting evidence-based solutions to America’s economic challenges. WASHINGTON, DC, FEBRUARY 10, 2026 – The Aspen Economic Strategy Group (AESG), co-chaired by former U.S. Secretaries of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson, Jr. and Timothy F. Geithner, today announced four ...
Jason Furman
JASON FURMAN is the Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy jointly at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and the Department of Economics at Harvard University. He is also nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Furman engages in public policy through research, writing and teaching in a wide range of areas ...
Austan D. Goolsbee
AUSTAN GOOLSBEE is president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. In this capacity, he serves on the Federal Open Market Committee—the Federal Reserve System’s monetary policymaking body—and leads the Chicago Fed, which conducts research and monitors local economic conditions in support of the formulation of monetary policy, supervises and regulates ...
Keith Hennessey
KEITH HENNESSEY teaches Stanford MBA students about economic policy, American civics and the policy-making process. He also serves as the David Rubenstein Fellow at the George W. Bush Institute. He previously served as director of the National Economic Council for President George W. Bush.
Glenn Hubbard
GLENN HUBBARD is dean emeritus of Columbia Business School. He is also the Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics. Hubbard received his B.A. and B.S. degrees summa cum laude from the University of Central Florida, where he received the National Society of Professional Engineers Award. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard ...
Greg Ip
GREG IP is chief economics commentator and deputy economics editor for The Wall Street Journal. He writes about domestic and global economic developments and policy in the weekly Capital Account column. From 2008 to January, 2015, he was United States economics editor for The Economist, based in Washington, D.C. Ip has won or shared in ...
Neil Irwin
NEIL IRWIN is chief economic correspondent at Axios and lead author of Axios Macro, a daily e-mail newsletter focused on the economy and economic policy. He was previously senior economic correspondent at The New York Times, where he wrote commentary and analysis on the economy. He is the author of The Alchemists: Three Central Bankers ...