Matrix Global Advisors (MGA) is an economic policy consulting firm in Washington, DC, specializing in fiscal, health care, and tax policy matters. Drawing on years of policy experience, the MGA team writes white papers and expert reports, and offers strategic advice to our clients.
Our Expertise. Founder and CEO Alex Brill served as the chief economist and policy advisor for the House Committee on Ways and Means from 2002 to 2007. Afterwards, he assembled the small, dedicated team of experts that comprise MGA.
Our Reputation. We are known for our unbiased analysis and strategic advice, as well as our strong ability to communicate to decision-makers. From Congressional testimony to economic studies to mass media, our insights are heard and appreciated.
Our Size. The small size of our firm is a distinguishing strength. Nothing is ever delegated—we directly handle all analysis, writing, and client interactions.
In his Forbes article, Personal Finance Contributor Ted Knutson discussed Tuesday’s Senate Committee on Finance hearing that focused on climate change tax reform. During the hearing, leaders on both sides of the aisle asserted that new clean energy laws should be technology neutral, so that no one industry “wins.”
On Tuesday, American Enterprise Institute resident fellow and MGA founder and CEO Alex Brill testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. The topic of the hearing was the tax treatment of energy. Brill spoke of the criticality of a “broad, efficient, technology-neutral tax policy geared toward encouraging less energy consumption and more renewable energy production” to working toward a reduction in U.S. reliance on fossil fuels—and ensuring a reduction in CO2 emissions.
President Biden’s first signature legislative accomplishment, the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), is now law. Nearly $1.2 trillion in fiscal aid will pour into the economy before October, and another $700 billion will be doled out over the next four years. As one of us has written previously, $1.9 trillion is a significant underestimate of the plan’s total cost if temporary expansions of several tax credits are permanently extended. The largest of these temporary policies is the expanded child tax credit (CTC), touted by Democrats as a boon to low- and middle-income households. In addition to being costlier than the sticker price, a permanent CTC expansion, a goal expressed by many Democratic lawmakers, would have the unintended consequence of reducing employment.
Alex Brill joined i24 News’ Natasha Kirtchuk on “Global Eye” to discuss the cargo ship blocking the Suez Canal, and the trade impacts felt around the world.
On fee.org, the website for the Foundation for Economic Education, author Brad Polumbo reported on Alex Brill’s estimates of the true cost of the American Rescue Plan.
Alex Brill recently joined James Pethokoukis on AEI’s Political Economy Podcast to discuss the potential economic impacts of spending initiatives in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.