Samuel Hammond
Senior economist at the Foundation for American Innovation; writes Second Best.
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- Samuel Hammond is a Canadian-born economist based in Washington, DC.
- Hammond is senior economist at the Foundation for American Innovation, a think tank linking Silicon Valley and DC.
- Before that Hammond was the Niskanen Center's director of social policy, known for work on child benefits, and earlier researched technology policy at the Mercatus Center.
- The newsletter Second Best takes its name from the theory of the second best.
Key facts
- Position
- Senior economist, Foundation for American Innovation (as of November 2026)1
- Earlier
- Director of Social Policy, Niskanen Center; technology policy research, Mercatus Center1
- Newsletter
- Second Best1
- Based
- Washington, DC; born in Canada1
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