Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 2007, Elmendorf akatanga kushandira sangano rezveupfumi rinozivikanwa zvikuru rinonzi Brookings Institution, achibatsira pakunyora bhuku rinoitwa kaviri pagore rinonzi "Brookings Papers on Economic Activity". Muna 2008, Jason Furman, mutungamiriri weboka reBrookings rinozivikanwa seHamilton Project akasiya basa kuti abatane ne
Mushandirapamwe waObama. Elmendorf akamutsiva somutungamiriri wePurojekiti, musangano wokukurukurirana mitemo yezveupfumi uyo wakatangwa naBill Clinton's Secretary of Treasury Robert Rubin <unk> mutsigiri wekutengeserana kwakasununguka uye kushayikwa kuduku.