Swagel wuxuu ka tagay wasaaradda maaliyadda 20-kii Janaayo, 2009, maalintii uu Barack Obama xilka la wareegay
in uu noqdo ku xigeenka Bush. Dabayaaqadii isla sanadkaas wuxuu ku biiray Dugsiga McDonough ee Ganacsiga ee Jaamacadda Georgetown isagoo ah borofisar booqde iyo agaasimaha Xarunta Dugsiga ee Hay'adaha Maaliyadeed, Siyaasadda, iyo Maamulka. Halkaas wuxuu wax ka baray fasalo ku saabsan doorka suuqyada maaliyadeed ee dhaqaalaha guud ahaan. Sanadkii 2011 wuxuu noqday Professor of Siyaasadda Dhaqaalaha Caalamiga ah ee Jaamacadda Maryland School of Public Policy. Waxa kale oo uu ka mid yahay xubnaha tacliinta sare ee Xarunta Siyaasadda Maaliyadeed ee Jaamacadda Robert H. Smith School of Business, xubno sare oo ka tirsan Machadka Milken, iyo aqoonyahan aan deganeyn oo ka tirsan AEI. Waxa kale oo uu fasalo ka dhigey Jaamacadda Chicago Booth School of Business.