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 Robert Litan is vice president of Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation.
Litan has been affiliated with The Brookings Institution for nearly 20 years, first as a Senior Fellow and since 1996 as director of Economic Studies and holder of Cabot Family Chair in Economics. At Brookings, he led a team of economists monitoring the global economy and seeking answers to economic policy issues in the U.S. and around the world. The group’s rigorous, independent research was designed to increase the public's understanding of how the economy works and how to make it better. During his time with Brookings, Litan authored or co-authored more than 25 books and 200 articles for professional journals and magazines. He co-founded and serves as the Director of the AEI-Brookings Joint Center on Regulatory Studies.
Litan has had a distinguished career in public service. He served on the staff of the Council of Economic Advisers (1977-79), as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department (1993-95), and Associate Director of the Office and Management and Budget (1995-96). He also has been a consultant to the Treasury Department on financial policy issues.
Litan received his B.S. degree in Economics, graduating summa cum laude, from the Wharton School Department of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania; his J.D. from Yale Law School; and both a Master of Philosophy and Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University.
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