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About the Idea Shop

"You can't do serious economics unless you are willing to be playful... Innovative thinkers, in economics and other disciplines, often have a pronounced whimsical streak."  —Paul Krugman

The Idea Shop is the personal weblog of Andrew Chamberlain, an economist and writer in Seattle, Washington. Andrew is a former D.C.-think-tank economist, magazine editor and entrepreneur.

The opinions expressed here are his, and shouldn't be attributed to his employer or anyone else. Contact him at editor@the-idea-shop.com.

Personal Bio
Andrew Chamberlain is an economist and writer based in Seattle, Washington. He has written widely on economics and public policy, including the distribution of taxes and government spending across income groups, statistical methods for estimating tax burdens by geography, and the use of input-output models to analyze the economic impact of environmental taxes.

Andrew's work has been published in or featured by the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The Economist, Newsweek and others, and he has appeared as a guest on MSNBC's "Connected Coast to Coast," CNBC's "Kudlow & Company" and various radio stations.

Previously Andrew served as an economist at the Tax Foundation in Washington, D.C., and as a writer at the Cato Institute. While in Washington, Andrew briefed congressional staff as well as analysts at the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and various think tanks.

A Seattle native, Andrew studied at the University of Washington where he graduated magna cum laude with degrees in both Economics and Business Administration.