NEC Luncheon ‘Grappling With the Nation’s Fiscal Challenges: The 2025 Outlook’ with Shai Akabas, Executive Director of the Economic Policy Program at the Bipartisan Policy Center

Date: Thursday, January 16th

Time: 12pm to 1:30pm ET

Location:  Logan Tavern, 1423 P St NW, Washington, DC 20005

As a new administration comes into office, Shai Akabas will discuss expected fiscal policies for 2025 and beyond, and address questions on the deficit, debt limit, and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Please Note: This is an in-person event.

For metro and parking details about the location, please visit the Logan Tavern website.

Please contact the NEC if you have questions at manager@national-economists.org.

About our Speaker:

Shai Akabas is the Executive Director of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Economic Policy Program, which is responsible for a variety of economic issues, including fiscal policy, retirement and financial security, and tax policy. Akabas got his start at BPC in 2010 staffing the Domenici-Rivlin Debt Reduction Task Force and assisting Jerome Powell, now Chairman of the Federal Reserve, in his nationally recognized work on the federal debt limit. Over the years, Akabas has also steered high-level BPC commissions in several policy areas and provided extensive assistance to federal policymakers and their staff on some of the most pressing policy questions of the day.

Prior to joining BPC, Akabas worked as a satellite office director on New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s 2009 campaign for reelection. Born and raised in New York City, he received his B.A. in economics and history from Cornell University and an M.S. in applied economics from Georgetown University.