Economists

At The Harry Walker Agency, our economist speakers and keynotes are able to provide invaluable insights into current market trends, economic outlooks and future forecasting, while still keeping audiences engaged and entertained. Hailing from a variety of backgrounds and industries—tech, government, banking and more—our economist speakers are able to speak to the most relevant information for your audience.

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Lawrence Summers

  • Fmr. Treasury Secretary; Fmr. White House National Economic Council; OpenAI Board Member
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Mohamed El-Erian

  • Chief Economic Advisor at Allianz; President of Queens’ College, University of Cambridge; Board Member (Under Armor); Author of Permacrisis
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Dambisa Moyo

  • Member of the United Kingdom House of Lords; Executive: Versaca Investments; NYT Bestselling Author: 'Edge of Chaos'
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Steve Forbes

  • Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media, Expert on Global Economy and Monetary Policy, and Bestselling Author
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Kevin Warsh

  • Fmr. Member of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; Executive Secretary, National Economic Council, & Member of G31
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Jack Lew

  • Secretary of the Treasury (2013-2016), White House Chief of Staff (2012-2013), Director Office Management & Budget (2010-2012), Citigroup Senior Executive, COO, New York University & United States Ambassador to Israel (2023-2025)   
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Gary Cohn

  • Vice Chairman of IBM; Fmr. Director of National Economic Council; Fmr. President & COO of Goldman Sachs
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Michael Spence

  • Nobel Laureate, Economic Sciences; Stanford Business School Professor; Hoover Institute Senior Fellow; Author: 'Permacrisis' & More
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Steven T. Mnuchin

  • Former Secretary of Treasury, Founder of Dune Capital Management and Liberty Strategic Capital, and Expert in Global Finance Markets
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Richard Thaler

  • Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, Field-Defining Pioneer of Behavioral Economics, and Bestselling Author
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Guido Imbens

  • Nobel Prize-Winning Economist
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Joshua Angrist

  • Nobel Prize-Winning Economist; Co-Founder & Director, MIT's Blueprint Labs; Co-Author of 'Mostly Harmless Economics' & 'Mastering 'Metrics'
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Ed Balls

  • UK Shadow Chancellor and Chief Economic Advisor to the UK Treasury (2010-2015)
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Max Baucus

  • U.S. Ambassador to China; Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and Board of Ingram Micro
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Rostin Behnam

  • Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Distinguished Fellow at the Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy at Georgetown University
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Olivier Blanchard

  • Former Chief Economist for IMF; Fred Bergsten Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
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Lael Brainard

  • 14th Director of the National Economic Council (2023-2025), Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Board (2022-2023) & Member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (2014-2023), Former Under Secretary of the Department of the Treasury (2009-2013)
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Elizabeth Duke

  • Governor of the Federal Reserve (2008-2013), First Female Chairman of a Top U.S. Bank, and Expert on Monetary Policy
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Philipp Hildebrand

  • Former Chairman of Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank, Member of G30, and Vice Chairman of Blackrock, Inc.
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R. Glenn Hubbard

  • Chairman of U.S. Council of Economic Advisors, Co-Chair of Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, and Dean of Columbia Business School
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Anupam B. Jena

  • Harvard Physician-Economist; Podcast Host: 'Freakonomics, M.D.' Podcast; Author 'Random Acts of Medicine'
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Sekou Kaalund

  • U.S. Bank EVP, Leader Behind Advancing Black Pathways, and Expert on Strategic Leadership and Sustainable Impact
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Jim Yong Kim

  • Former President of World Bank Group, Co-Founder of Partners in Health, and Activist Physician
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John Lipsky

  • Former Director of the IMF (2006-2011), Co-Chair of Aspen Institute's Program on the World Economy, and Executive Director of NBER
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Daniel Markovits

  • Legal Expert and Author of 'The Meritocracy Trap'
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Patrick McHenry

  • Congressman (NC-R, 2005-2025), Deputy Republican Whip (2014-2019), Chair of the House Financial Services Committee (2023–205)
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Karen G. Mills

  • U.S. Small Business Administration (2009-2013); Former Member of President's Economic Council, Fintech Expert
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Emily Oster

  • Brown University Health Economics Professor; Contributor, The Atlantic; NYT Bestselling Author of 'The Family Firm', 'Expecting Better', & 'The Unexpected'
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Jean-Claude Trichet

  • Current President of the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, President of European Central Bank (2003-2011); Honorary Chairman for Group of 30 (G30)
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Paul Tucker

  • Deputy Governor of the Bank of England (2009-2013); Author of 'Unelected Power', and Chair of the Systemic Risk Council

Lionel Barber

  • Editor, Financial Times (2005-2020)

Anirban Basu

  • Chairman & CEO of Sage Policy Group

David M. Blitzer

  • Chairman & Managing Director, S&P Dow Jones Indices (1995-2019)

Richard Breeden

  • 24th Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Harry G. Broadman

  • Emergin Markets Guru; Strategic Advisor to Investment Houses; Renowned Business Columnist; White House Trade Negotiator

Todd Buchholz

  • Former White House Director of Economic Policy, Best-selling Author, Economist & Trend Forecaster

Andrew Busch

  • Economic Futurist; 1st Chief Market Intelligence Officer, US Government

Geoff Colvin

  • Senior Editor-at-Large at Fortune, and Bestselling Author Arming Leaders to Confront Disruptive Change and Win

David Daokui Li

  • Director, Center for China in the World Economy

Annie Duke

  • World Champion in Poker, WSJ Bestselling Author, and Renowned Decision Strategist

Steven Eastaugh

  • Expert on Health Finance and Economics

Florence Eid-Oakden

  • CEO and Chief Economist, Arabia Monitor

Stuart Eizenstat

  • Co-chairman of the European-American Business Council (EABC)

Edward Fishman

  • Leading Authority on Economic Statecraft, Author of 'Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare', Former Top Sanctions Official at the U.S. State Department, Senior Research Scholar and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University

Ben Harris

  • Vice President, Brookings Institution; Former Chief Economist of the Treasury Department & Advisor to President Biden; Author

Fred Hochberg

  • Longest-serving Chairman in Export-Import Bank history; High-ranking business leader in the Obama Administration

Ron Insana

  • CNBC Senior Analyst and Commentator, Trailblazing Financial Journalist, Bestselling Author, and CEO of iFi AI

Sallie Krawcheck

  • One of the Most Respected Voices on Wall Street

Pippa Malmgren

  • Former Presidential Economic Advisor and Bestselling Author

Julianne Malveaux

  • Renowned Economist

Tobias Moskowitz

  • Dean Takahashi Professor of Finance, Yale University School of Management

Moises Naim

  • Senior Associate in the International Economics Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Suze Orman

  • Foremost Financial Advisor

Peter R. Orszag

  • Member of President Obama’s Cabinet and Director, Office of Management and Budget (2009-2010)

Raghuram Rajan

  • 23rd Governor of The Reserve Bank of India

Jeremy Rifkin

  • Author, Economic and Social Theorist, Advisor to the European Union and Heads of State, and President of the Foundation on Economic Trends

Mitch Roschelle

  • Macro-Economic Strategist and Business Consultant

Rostin Behnam & Patrick McHenry

Nouriel Roubini

  • Professor of Economics & International Business, Stern School of Business, New York University

Katica Roy

  • CEO and Founder of Pipeline, Award-Winning Gender Economist, Programmer and Data Scientist

Gina Sanchez

  • Market Strategist, Economist & Television Commentator

Terry Savage

  • Best-Selling Author and Columnist on Personal Finance

Jason Schenker

  • President of Prestige Economics, Top Forecaster by Bloomberg in 47 Categories, Bestselling Author of 15 Books on Future Trends, Forbes Contributor and LinkedIn Top Voice

Jeremy Siegel

  • Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Allen Sinai

  • President and Chief Global Economist, Decision Economics, Inc.

Joseph Stiglitz

  • Recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics

Laura Tyson

  • First Female Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors (1993-1995); Director of the National Economic Council (1995-1996)

Daniel Yergin

  • Pulitzer Prize Winning Author

Muhammad Yunus

  • Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Economist and Author

Mark Zandi

  • Chief Economist and Co-Founder, Moody's Economy.com