What is Kevin Hassett?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Kevin Hassett | image = Kevin Hassett official photo.jpg | office = Director of the [[National Economic Council (United States)|National Economic Council]] | president = [[Donald Trump]] | term_start = January 20, 2025 | term_end = | successor = | predecessor = [[Lael Brainard]] | office1 = [[Executive Office of the President of the United States|Senior Advisor to the President for Economic Issues]] | president1 = [[Donald Trump]] | term_start1 = April 15, 2020 | term_end1 = July 1, 2020 | predecessor1 = Position established | successor1 = Vacant | office2 = 29th Chair of the [[Council of Economic Advisers]] | president2 = [[Donald Trump]] | term_start2 = September 13, 2017 | term_end2 = June 28, 2019 | predecessor2 = [[Jason Furman]] | successor2 = [[Cecilia Rouse]] | birth_name = Kevin Allen Hassett | birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1962|3|20}}}} | birth_place = [[Greenfield, Massachusetts]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = Kristie | children = 2 | education = [[Swarthmore College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University of Pennsylvania]]<br>([[Master of Arts|MA]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]) }} '''Kevin Allen Hassett''' (born March 20, 1962) is an [[United States|American]] [[economist]] and politician who has been the Director of the [[National Economic Council (United States)|National Economic Council]] since 2025. He was the Chair of the [[Council of Economic Advisers]] from September 13, 2017 to June 28, 2019. He is known for his work on tax policy and for co-authoring the book ''Dow 36,000'' (1999). Hassett was the chair in American Politics and Culture and Director of Research for Domestic Poli