Christina Romer was a former Chair on the Council of Economic Advisers to the Obama administration. She has had many accomplishments in her life including helping to draft a recovery plan for the 2008 recession, having her details for job reform presented before congress.
Born in Illinois, Christina later went on to earn her Ph.d in economics at M.I.T. She has been involved in countless economics organizations and has spent time researching macroeconomic activity before WW2, causes of the great depression and impact of the "New Deal". Some of Christina's recent work has focused on tax reform and effects on economic growth.
Not sure why you are using the past tense in describing Romer, She is still very much alive. I believe she got frustrated by the politics when she was an adviser of President Obama. She didn't have his ear the way Larry Summers did. She argued for greater stimulus. In my view she was correct in hoping for that, even if it would have been politically difficult to get it done.
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