Ike Brannon
President
Capitol Policy Analytics
Ike Brannon is the President of Capital Policy Analytics. He is also a Growth Fellow of the George W. Bush Institute and the head of the Savings and Retirement Foundation. He was previously director of economic policy as well as congressional relations for the American Action Forum. Prior to that he spent nearly a decade in government, serving as the chief economist for the House Energy and Commerce Committee, chief economist for the Republican Policy Committee, senior adviser for tax policy at the U.S. Treasury, principal economic adviser for Senator Orrin Hatch on the Senate Finance Committee, Chief Economist for the Joint Economic Committee, and a senior economist for the Office of Management and Budget. He was also chief economist for the John McCain campaign in 2008. He has a Ph.D. in economics from Indiana University and a B.A. in math, Spanish, and economics from Augustana College.
Recent Events and Presentations
Checking the Innovation Box: How Lower Taxes on IP-Based Activities Could Boost U.S. Competitiveness
Are Investment Incentives Necessary in Corporate Tax Reform?
There is growing interest in corporate tax reform as a way to boost U.S. international competitiveness.
What Would Pro-Growth Corporate Tax Reform Look Like?
A discussion of how corporate tax reform can help drive U.S. economic growth.
William Lewis: Unleashing the Power of Productivity at Home and Abroad
Despite the fact that most economists agree that increasing productivity is the most important goal for economic policy, few scholars have actually focused on what drives productivity and what governments can do. An exception to this is Bill Lewis, founding director of the McKinsey Global Institute and former partner at McKinsey & Company. At this ITIF Forum, Lewis discusses the results of his research and presents the findings from his book, The Power of Productivity: Wealth, Poverty, and the Threat to Global Stability. See video, presentation slides, and other details from the recent event.
