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Martin Neil Baily is a senior fellow in the Economic Studies program and the Bernard L. Schwartz Chair in Economic Policy Development. He is also the director of the Business and Public Policy Initiative at the Brookings Institution. He was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers from 1999 to 2001.