Casey B. Mulligan

Casey Mulligan
Chief Economist and Regulatory Officer of the United States Department of Health and Human Services
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 17, 2026
PresidentDonald Trump
Personal details
Alma materHarvard University (BA)
University of Chicago (PhD)
Academic work
DisciplineEconomics
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago
Harvard University
Clemson University

Casey B. Mulligan is an American economist and author. He is a professor in economics at the University of Chicago.[1] He served as chief economist for the Council of Economic Advisers in the Trump Administration from September 6, 2018, to August 2019.[2][3][4] Mulligan also served as Chief Counsel for Advocacy at the Small Business Administration from August 5, 2025 until April 2026 under the second Trump Administration.[5][6] In April 2026, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed Mulligan as the Chief Economist and Regulatory Officer at the Department of Health and Human Services.[7]

Education

After earning a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University, Mulligan earned a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago in 1993.[1][8] After completing his PhD, he became a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago before starting a tenure-track in 1994.[1]

Career

Mulligan has worked as a visiting professor at Harvard University, Clemson University, and the Harris School of Public Policy Studies.[9] He has written articles for RealClearPolitics, Newsweek, The Washington Times, and National Review.[10] Mulligan also wrote for Economix, a New York Times blog.[11]

In 2012, Mulligan published The Redistribution Recession which argued that social welfare programs such as food stamps and unemployment benefits during the Great Recession disincentivized work and thus prolonged the recession.[12][13] Mulligan has argued that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") disincentivizes work.[14][15] Mulligan opposes paid sick days, arguing that they lead workers to take sick days even when they are not sick.[16][17]

In 2020, he published You’re Hired!: Untold Successes and Failures of a Populist President, which praises President Trump's skills and his administration's policies. With Trump economic advisor Kevin Hassett, he co-authored an analysis of Biden's economic program during the 2020 presidential election.[18][19]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "CV" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-06-30.
  2. ↑ Tankersley, Jim; Haberman, Maggie; Rabin, Roni Caryn (2020-03-23). "Trump Considers Reopening Economy, Over Health Experts' Objections". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  3. ↑ "Casey Mulligan Named Chief Economist for the Council of Economic Advisers | The University of Chicago Division of the Social Sciences". socialsciences.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  4. ↑ "Trump's Vast Deregulatory Landscape Goes Unnoticed by the Experts". Economics21. 2020-01-13. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  5. ↑ on, Published (2025-08-05). "Dr. Casey Mulligan Sworn in as Chief Counsel for Advocacy at the U.S. Small Business Administration | U.S. Small Business Administration". www.sba.gov. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
  6. ↑ "Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)". Truth Social. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
  7. ↑ "Secretary Kennedy Appoints Casey B. Mulligan as HHS Chief Economist and Regulatory Officer". U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. April 17, 2026. Retrieved April 23, 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ "Casey Mulligan". news.uchicago.edu. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  9. ↑ "Casey B. Mulligan". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  10. ↑ "Casey B. Mulligan | The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal Journalist | Muck Rack". muckrack.com. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  11. ↑ "Casey B. Mulligan - Economix Blog - The New York Times". economix.blogs.nytimes.com. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  12. ↑ Kleinbard, Edward D. (May 2016). We are better than this: how government should spend our money. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-049668-5. OCLC 951910289.
  13. ↑ Mulligan, Casey B. (2012-11-02). The Redistribution Recession. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199942213.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-994221-3.
  14. ↑ "Column: Working parents have two jobs — and both are important to the economy". PBS NewsHour. 2016-06-28. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  15. ↑ "Gruber Responds To Economix Critique Of Health Reform". www.wbur.org. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  16. ↑ "What's so bad about paid sick days?". Salon. 2009-10-29. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  17. ↑ Mulligan, Casey B. (2009-10-28). "Home Sick: Another Case Where Work Incentives Matter". Economix Blog. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  18. ↑ "An Analysis of Vice President Biden's Economic Agenda: The Long Run Impacts of Its Regulation, Taxes, and Spending" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-21.
  19. ↑ Tankersley, Jim; Kaplan, Thomas (2020-10-18). "Would Biden's Tax Plan Help or Hurt a Weak Economy?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
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