Biography of Dr. N. Gregory Mankiw
Dr. N. Gregory Mankiw was appointed by the President and sworn into office as Chairman of the
Council of Economic Advisers on May 29, 2003.
Dr. Mankiw is on leave from Harvard University where he is Professor of Economics. As a
student, he studied economics at Princeton University and MIT. As a teacher, he has taught
macroeconomics, microeconomics, statistics, and principles of economies. He even spent one
summer long ago as a sailing instructor on Long Beach Island
Dr. Mankiw is a prolific writer and a regular participant in academic and policy debates. His
research includes work on price adjustment, consumer behavior, financial markets, monetary and
fiscal policy, and economic growth. His published articles have appeared in academic journals,
such as the American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, and Quarterly Journal of
Economics, and in more widely accessible forums, such as The New York Times, The Financial
Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Fortune.
He has written two popular textbooks - the intermediate-level textbook "Macroeconomics"
(Worth Publishers) and the introductory textbook "Principles of Economics" (South-
Western/Thomson), Together, these two books have sold about a million copies and have been
translated into seventeen languages.
In addition to his teaching, research, and writing, Professor Mankiw is a research associate of the
National Bureau of Economic Research, an adviser to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and
the Congressional Budget Office, and a member of the ETS test development committee for the
advanced placement exam in economics.
Dr. Mankiw lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with his wife and three children.
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