To Put Trickle-down Economics to Rest, We Need a New Tax Code
April 15, 2024
Liz provides weekly commentary on Substack about the intersection of progressive politics, policy, and economics.
Prior to Roosevelt, Liz was an advisor to Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), serving as the labor policy director of the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and as a senior budget analyst on the Senate Budget Committee. She played a key role in the industrial policy and labor provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Before the Senate, she was the policy director at Employ America, where she focused on unemployment insurance benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and The Guardian.
Liz holds a BS in economics from American University. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, she now lives in Washington, DC, with her three dogs.