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David Smith

  • Former Chief Economist, Financial Services Committee, US House of Representatives

David Smith is the former Chief Economist for the Financial Services Committee for the US House of Representatives where he wrote much of the Dodd/Frank Legislation. Smith is also the former public policy director for the AFL-CIO.

Previously, Smith taught political economy at UMASS Boston and the New School for Social Research.

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Europe and the Need for Multilateralism

Article By Damon Silvers, David Smith, Hans Eichel, Hugo Zsolt de Sousa, Jesús Caldera, Paul Magnette, Pier Carlo Padoan, and Stewart Wood | Apr 14, 2020

A call to action for a world economy in crisis

The Challenges to Portugal’s EU Presidency

Article By Damon Silvers, David Smith, Hans Eichel, Hugo Zsolt de Sousa, and Stewart Wood | Dec 13, 2019

Many of the challenges facing the new EU Presidency will need to be addressed not only at the European level but within a reinvigorated multilateral framework.