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During the Clinton Administration, Orszag served as a Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy. He helped design and implement policies to promote economic growth and fiscal responsibility. Before that, he was a staff economist, then Senior Advisor and Senior Economist at the President's Council of Economic Advisers.

He played a key role in analyzing and evaluating major policy proposals. In addition to his government work, Orszag founded and sold an economics consulting firm, where he worked with clients in both the public and private sectors. He has also been a prolific writer, authoring numerous scholarly articles and books on healthcare reform and economic inequality.

Orszag's contributions to economic policy have been recognized with numerous honors and awards. In 2005, he was named one of the top 100 global thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine, and in 2008, he was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal, which is given to the most outstanding economist under the age of 40.

In addition, he has been a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance and a Fellow of the Econometric Society. Overall, Peter R. Orszag is a leading authority on economic and public policy whose insights and expertise have profoundly impacted how we think about and approach these critical issues.