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Kathryn Anne Edwards

Guest Author

Kathryn Anne Edwards is a PhD economist and independent economic policy consultant.

Edwards’ research focuses on the intersection of labor markets and public policy, including unemployment and unemployment insurance recessions and recoveries, women’s labor supply, poverty alleviation, retirement security, and Social Security. She has testified three times in front of Congress about economic policy and writes a weekly column on the economy for Bloomberg.