Kwang-doo Kim, a CSS alumnus, has been appointed vice chair of South Korea’s National Economic Advisory Council (NEAC) by President Jae-in Moon. The NEAC is the country’s presidential panel focused on national policies and strategies relating to the economy and social welfare.
Kim, who earned his doctorate from the Department of Economics, is a professor at the Sogang School of Economics in Seoul, Korea. He served as architect of former President Geun-hye Park’s economic agenda. He also developed President Moon’s signature three-prong economic strategy referred to as “J-nomics,” which centers on public-sector job creation, expansion of South Korea’s social safety net, and chaebol reform.
Kim joins the ranks of three other individuals, who have earned doctorates from the College of Social Sciences’ Economics Department and who have received minister or minister-level appointments in South Korea over the last decade. These include Jae-jin Byun, Minister of Social Welfare, 2007-2008; Joong-kyung Choi, Minister of Knowledge Economy, 2011-2012; and Dong-soo Kim, Chairman of the Korea Fair Trade Commission, 2011-2013.
