Tomas J. Philipson
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| Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers | |
Acting | |
| In office June 28, 2019 – June 23, 2020 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Kevin Hassett |
| Succeeded by | Tyler Goodspeed (Acting) |
| Member of the Council of Economic Advisers | |
| In office 2017–2021 | |
| Succeeded by | Jared Bernstein |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Uppsala, Sweden |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Uppsala University (BS) Claremont Graduate University (MA) University of Pennsylvania (MA, PhD) |
Tomas J. Philipson is a Swedish-born American economist who served as the Acting Chairman of the
In August 2017 he was appointed by President Donald Trump to become one of three members of the Council of Economic Advisers. While Acting Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, Philipson downplayed the public health risk and economic threat of the coronavirus pandemic, going so far as to question the wearing of masks to slow transmission of the disease.[2][1]
Education
Philipson was born and raised in Sweden, where he obtained his undergraduate degree in mathematics at Uppsala University. After earning his MA in mathematics at the Claremont Graduate University, he went on to receive his MA in finance from Wharton and PhD in economics from the University of Pennsylvania where he won the William Carey Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in 1990.
Career
Academia
After receiving his PhD, he joined the University of Chicago as a postdoctoral fellow and thereafter joined the faculty. He has been a visiting faculty member at
Philipson is a co-founder of Precision Health Economics, a healthcare consulting firm that was headquartered in Los Angeles. It was sold in 2015.
Philipson is a founding editor of the journal Forums for Health Economics & Policy of
Philipson has twice received the Kenneth Arrow Award of the International Health Economics Association (for best paper in the field of health economics). In addition, he was awarded the Garfield Award by Research America, the Prêmio Haralambos Simeonidisand from the Brazilian Economic Association, and the Distinguished Economic Research Award from the Milken Institute.
Government
Philipson served in the
He was an advisor to Republican Senator
In February 2020, while chair of the council, Philipson publicly downplayed the public health and economic threats of the coronavirus pandemic, saying, "I don't think corona is as big a threat as people make it out to be."[8][2] Philipson asserted that public health threats do not usually cause harm to the economy and that the coronavirus would not be as bad as a normal flu season, although a September 2019 study by White House economists projected that a pandemic disease could kill hundreds of thousands of Americans and cause trillions of dollars in damage to the nation's economy.[8]
Employment, Consultancy, and Professional Endeavors
Philipson similarly leveraged his
Philipson is currently an advising board member and investor in several
His large and varied expertise is sought after by leading media outlets, including Forbes, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CNN, CBS, ABC, CNBC, Fox News, Fox Business, Newsmax, Yahoo! Finance, American Voice, Bloomberg News, and C-SPAN.
References
- ^ a b Costa, Robert, Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey and Jeff Stein, "A second senior economist is abruptly leaving the White House amid ongoing economic crisis", Washington Post, June 24, 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- ^ ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
- ^ a b c Nick Timiraos, Trump Names Tomas Philipson as Second Member of Council of Economic Advisers, Wall Street Journal (August 14, 2017).
- ^ a b c d Heather Long & Jeff Stein, Trump to name Tomas Philipson, a health-care expert, as his next chief economist, Washington Post (June 29, 2019).
- ^ Casey B. Mulligan & Tomas J. Philipson, Economists: No, the tax bill won't kill people — it will save lives, Washington Post (December 11, 2017).
- ^ Nick Timiraos & Kate Davidson, Acting Chairman of Council of Economic Advisers Is Named, Wall Street Journal (July 15, 2019).
- ^ Top White House economist set to depart amid coronavirus recession, Politico (June 24, 2020).
- ^ a b Tankersley, Jim (March 31, 2020). "White House Economists Warned in 2019 a Pandemic Could Devastate America". The New York Times.
- ^ Philipson, Tomas J. "The Problems with Drug Price Controls" in the National Review, September 2023
- ^ Taylor, Nick Paul. Gilead-backed study warns IRA price negotiations could hit R&D harder than expected in fiercebiotech.com, September 2023
- ^ Stuttaford, Andrew. Ozempic, Wegovy, and the Economics of Obesity in the National Review. September 2023.
External links
- "Tomas J. Philipson". JSTOR.
- Anupam B. Jena; Thomas J. Phillipson; Eric C. Sun (16 October 2010). Health and Wealth Disparities in the United States. Government Institutes. ISBN 978-0-8447-4390-5.
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