Lee joined INET in 2011 after 28 years in various positions in Washington, DC. He was Chief Economist at House Appropriations the last four years and has held a similar title at the Commerce Department under President Clinton, and at other congressional committees (Joint Economic, Senate Budget, House and Senate Banking). He was also Research Director at the Economic Policy Institute. Over the years, his research interests have included monetary and fiscal policy, labor economics and income distribution, tax policy, and international trade and finance.

Chew Soo Hong is a Professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and an Adjunct Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), and has previously taught at the University of California, Irvine, Johns Hopkins University and University of Arizona. He is among the pioneers in axiomatic non-expected utility models and is a fellow of the Econometric Society which awarded him the Leonard J. Savage thesis prize.