Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 2007, ka tīmata a Elmendorf ki te mahi mō te rōpū whakaaro ohaoha rongonui, ko te Brookings Institution, e mahi tahi ana ki te whakaputanga e rua-tau "Brookings Papers on Economic Activity". I te tau 2008, i wehe atu a Jason Furman, te kaiwhakahaere o te rōpū Brookings e mōhiotia ana ko te Kaupapa Hamilton ki te whakauru atu ki te
Ko te pakanga a Obama. I whakakapi a Elmendorf i a ia hei kaiwhakahaere o te Kaupapa, he huinga mo te korerorero kaupapa here ohaoha i hangaia e te Hekeretari o te Treasury o Bill Clinton a Robert Rubin - he kaitautoko mo te tauhokohoko koreutu me te hapa iti.