Economic and Fiscal Policy Initiative
The United States faces a convergence of consequential economic challenges: impending tax reform, escalating trade tensions, a trillion national debt, and intensifying debate over the role of market regulation. The Economic and Fiscal Policy Initiative (EFPI) at Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy focuses on critical economic challenges facing the United States and global community. We produce independent research, convene leading voices, and prepare the next generation of policymakers to meet these challenges with rigor and purpose.
Our Approach
EFPI organizes its work around four pillars of modern economic governance:
- Fiscal Policy: Tax policy, stimulus design, housing market structure, and federal debt management
- Trade Policy: Tariffs, anti-dumping regulation, and building resilient global supply chains
- Public Investment & Innovation: Service delivery, economic growth, partnerships
- Regulatory Policy: Capital markets and financial oversight, technology governance, and competition enforcement
What We Do
Research & Analysis
EFPI produces policy briefs, academic research, and real-time analysis on the fiscal and economic issues shaping domestic and global governance. A core focus: closing the gap between policy announcement and effective implementation.
AI-Readiness Adoption Framework
We are developing a state-level AI-readiness adoption framework that will be the foundation for a tracker that monitors a state’s progress on the AI adoption journey.
Programming & Convenings
Through speaker series, practitioner dinners, specialized career preparation workshops, and an annual Economic and Fiscal Policy Summit, EFPI connects students with policymakers, economists, and industry leaders at the forefront of economic governance. Cross-school programming with Georgetown Law and the McDonough School of Business deepens the interdisciplinary perspective.
Student Opportunity
Along with hands-on training and networking with leading economic and fiscal policy experts, we hope to offer student fellowships and direct engagement in faculty research in the future.
The Fiscal Futures Series
Interested in shaping future economic policy? Join McCourt’s Economic & Fiscal Policy Initiative and Professor of the Practice Michael Strain for The Fiscal Futures Series, a set of three workshops designed to enhance career preparedness in addressing critical economic challenges facing the United States and global community.
Join us Tuesday, April 28, 2026 – 5:00-5:30 p.m. ET