Michael Linden
Senior Policy Fellow, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Washington, DC
Experience
- White House Office of Management and Budget (Biden administration)
- U.S. Senate
- Groundwork Collaborative
Expertise
- U.S. economic policy
- Federal budget
- Fiscal policy
- Tax and revenue policy
Education
- University of California-Berkeley, M.P.P.
- Brown University, B.A.
Recent Coverage
JUNE 7, 2024
Wall Street Journal | At End of Trump Tax Cuts, Progressives See Leverage to Target the Rich
Progressives and Democrats should clearly lay out conditions, favoring an extension for most Americans but recognizing that the impact of expiration isn’t that large for many low-income households, said Michael Linden, a former Biden administration official.
MAY 21, 2024
The Fiscal Times | ‘A Large and Costly Mistake’: Unions Slam Trump Tax Cuts
“American workers were promised that if we spent $2 trillion on tax cuts primarily for corporations and the rich, it would trickle down into higher wages,” said Michael Linden, the former executive associate director at the White House Office of Management and Budget and a coordinator of the letter. “That didn’t happen. Corporations got their tax cut, but workers didn’t get their pay raise.”
And in campaign ads and in stump speeches we’ll probably end up hearing versions of both inflation stories, amplified in whichever direction benefits the candidate talking.
“And I think that the American people are going to have to decide when they hear about inflation, which of those two things is more important to them,” said Linden.
MAY 17, 2024
Marketplace | When assessing inflation, it’s not just the data, it’s also the narrative
“We did go through a period of about 18 months of very elevated inflation. But it’s also true that prices today are rising roughly in line with previous historical experience,” said Michael Linden, a Senior Policy Fellow at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth.
And in campaign ads and in stump speeches we’ll probably end up hearing versions of both inflation stories, amplified in whichever direction benefits the candidate talking.
“And I think that the American people are going to have to decide when they hear about inflation, which of those two things is more important to them,” said Linden.
MAR 13, 2024
The Hill | Biden launches tax war with GOP
“The Inflation Reduction Act did include tax increases on people at the top and on corporations,” Michael Linden, former executive associate director at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and senior policy fellow at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, said in an interview.
DEC 18, 2023
Vox | So it’s come to this: We might have to worry about the deficit
“The 2023 deficit was certainly anomalous, and I think people are using a ‘that’s weird’ as a point of proof, but I don’t think it actually has much to do with genuine concern over fiscal risk,” said Michael Linden, senior policy fellow at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. “The trajectory of debt has not fundamentally shifted in the last few years.”
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About Michael
Michael Linden is a senior policy fellow at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. He has more than 15 years of experience in economic policy roles, ranging from government service to think tanks to advocacy organizations.
Immediately prior to joining Equitable Growth, Linden served in the Biden Administration and was a Senior Advisor and then the Executive Associate Director at the White House Office of Management and Budget, where he worked on a wide array of public policies and was integrally involved in producing the President’s budget, as well negotiating the 2023 Fiscal Responsibility Act, among other responsibilities.
Linden also previously served as a senior advisor on the Senate Budget and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committees under the leadership of Sen. Patty Murray. Linden was the founding Executive Director of the Groundwork Collaborative, as well as the inaugural managing director for policy and research at The Hub Project. He also was the managing director of economic policy at the Center for American Progress.
Linden has been cited and quoted by numerous publications, both national and local.
Linden earned his B.A. in political science from Brown University, and his Master of Public Policy from the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley.
