
Phillip Swagel
Resident Scholar
The American Enterprise Institute
Phillip L. Swagel joined AEI after more than two years as chief of staff at the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Swagel previously served as a senior economist at the council, a visiting assistant professor at Northwestern University, and an economist at the Federal Reserve Board and the International Monetary Fund. He writes on a range of topics, including international trade policy, international finance, and the political economy of taxation and the welfare state. At AEI, Swagel intends to focus on international trade and financial policy.