The Hamilton Project seeks to advance America’s promise of opportunity, prosperity, and growth.
The Hamilton Project produces evidence-based policy proposals and analyses to promote broad-based economic growth by embracing a significant role for well-designed government policies and public investment.
The Hamilton Project was launched in April 2006 as an economic policy initiative at the Brookings Institution by a unique combination of academics, business leaders, and former policymakers.
Then-Senator Barack Obama spoke at the launch and called the Project “the sort of breath of fresh air that I think this town needs.” Since its launch, The Hamilton Project has released policy proposals and analyses, hosted events for a diverse group of attendees, and published books — all on a wide range of issues, from social insurance, to energy, to health care.
The Hamilton Project produces and commissions economic analyses and proposals from leading economic experts. View a full list of authors here.
The Project is guided by an Advisory Council of academics, business leaders, and former policymakers. The Hamilton Project is led by Wendy Edelberg, who was most recently Chief Economist at the Congressional Budget Office. Edelberg follows a prestigious group of former directors, all of whom have played significant roles in public service.
The Project is named after Alexander Hamilton, the nation’s first Treasury Secretary, who laid the foundation for the modern American economy.
An immigrant born into poverty and self-schooled in his early years, Hamilton symbolizes the traditional American values of opportunity and upward mobility that motivate the Project’s work.
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