Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 2007, Elmendorf malitere ịrụ ọrụ maka ụlọ ọrụ akụ na ụba a maara nke ọma na Brookings Institution, na-edepụta akwụkwọ mbipụta "Brookings Papers on Economic Activity" ugboro abụọ n'afọ. N'afọ 2008, Jason Furman, onye nduzi nke otu Brookings' a maara dị ka Hamilton Project hapụrụ iji sonyere
Mgbasa ozi Obama. Elmendorf nọchiri ya dịka onye nduzi nke Project, otu nzukọ maka mkparịta ụka gbasara akụ na ụba nke onye odeakwụkwọ Treasury nke Bill Clinton bụ Robert Rubin <unk> onye na-akwado azụmahịa na obere ụkọ ego.