Sherle R. Schwenninger

Director, Economic Growth Program and American Strategy Program

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Sherle R. Schwenninger directs the New America Foundation's Economic Growth and American Strategy Programs. He is also founding director of the World Economic Roundtable, a program that brings together thought leaders from business, finance, and public policy in regular meetings to remap the global economy after the Great Recession. One of the founders of New America, he served as treasurer from 1999 to 2007 and also as director of the Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program.

Mr. Schwenninger was founding editor of World Policy Journal from 1983 to 1992, and served as director of the World Policy Institute at The New School from 1992 to 1996. He was also director of the Institute's Policy Studies Program and its Transnational Academic Program. More recently, Mr. Schwenninger served as senior program coordinator for the Project on Development, Trade, and International Finance at the Council on Foreign Relations, and has been a founding member of and adviser to the EU Rim Policy and Investment Council. Mr. Schwenninger writes and speaks frequently on questions involving the U.S. and world economies and on issues related to American foreign policy and international economic strategy.

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Sherle R. Schwenninger
Director, Economic Growth Program and American Strategy Program
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  • policy paper | June 16, 2014 |

    America's Debt Problem

    How Private Debt Is Holding Back Growth and Hurting the Middle Class

    Joshua Freedman Sherle R. Schwenninger
    Over time, the US economy has become more dependent on debt to fuel economic growth. American households, in particular, have become dependent on d...
  • policy paper | March 04, 2014 |

    The U.S. Economy After The Great Recession

    America's Deleveraging and Recovery Experience

    Samuel Sherraden Sherle R. Schwenninger
    The bursting of the housing bubble in 2008 plunged the U.S. economy into a serious crisis, leaving American households with a huge debt overhang an...