This list of Brookings Institution scholars contains current or former notable scholars from the

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. This list is not exhaustive. * Henry J. Aaron – The Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Chair Senior Fellow in the Economic Studies; Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (1978–1979), and chairman of the

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(1979). * Hady Amr – Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Center for Middle East Policy; founding director of the Brookings Doha Center in Qatar. * Martin Neil Baily – Senior Fellow in Economic Studies; Chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisers (1999–2001), and CEA Member (1994–1996). * Ben Bernanke – Distinguished Senior Fellow with the Economic Studies;

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(2006–2014), Chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisers (2005–2006), and Member of the

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(2002–2005). * Charles Berry * Sandra Black – Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Economic Studies; Member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers (2015–2017). *

Alan Blinder Alan Stuart Blinder (, born October 14, 1945) is an American economics professor at Princeton University and is listed among the most influential economists in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc. He is a leading macroeconomist, politically liber ...

– Visiting Fellow in Economic Studies;

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(1994–1996), and Member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers (1993–1994). *

Gary Burtless Gary Burtless (born April 11, 1950) is an American economist. He received his A.B. from Yale University in 1972 and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977. He worked as an economist from the U.S. Department of Health, Edu ...

* Stephen P. Cohen: Emeritus Professor at the

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. *

Ivo Daalder Ivo H. Daalder (born March 2, 1960 in The Hague, Netherlands),"Ivo H. Daalder." Marquis Who's Who TM. ''Marquis Who's Who'', 2007. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/B ...

* E.J. Dionne *

Anthony Downs Anthony Downs (November 21, 1930October 2, 2021) was an American economist specializing in public policy and public administration. His research focuses included political choice theory, rent control, affordable housing, and transportation ec ...

* Arne Duncan – Nonresident Senior Fellow in Governance Studies; Managing Partner at

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, U.S. Secretary of Education (2009–2016). * Susan Dynarski * Gregg Easterbrook * Douglas Elmendorf – Senior Fellow; Director of the

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(2009–2015). *

Bill Frenzel William Eldridge Frenzel (July 31, 1928 – November 17, 2014) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota, representing Minnesota's Third District, which included the southern and western suburbs of Minn ...

* Michael Fullilove *

Jason Furman Jason Furman (born August 18, 1970) is an American economist and professor at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. On June 10, 2013, Furman was named ...

– Senior Fellow and director of The Hamilton Project; Chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisers (2013–2017); and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council (2009–2013). * James Goodby * Carol Graham * Ben Hammersley * Constance Horner – Guest Scholar; Director of Presidential Personnel (1991–1993), U.S. Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services (1989–1991), and Director of the

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(1985–1989) *

Rashad Hussain Rashad Hussain is an American attorney, diplomat, and professor, who currently serves as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. He previously served as associate White House counsel, as U.S. Special Envoy of ...

: former U.S. special envoy to the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation under President Obama. * Martin S. Indyk – John C. Whitehead Distinguished Fellow in International Diplomacy in the Foreign Policy; U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (2013–2014), U.S. Ambassador to Israel (1995–1997; 1999–2001), and

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(1997–1999). *

Donald Kohn Donald Lewis Kohn (born November 7, 1942) is an American economist who served as the 18th Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2010. Prior to his term as vice chairman, Kohn appointed as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governor ...

– Robert V. Roosa Chair in International Economics and Senior Fellow in the Economic Studies;

(2006–2010), and Member of the

(2002–2006). * Thomas E. Mann * Michael MccGwire, OBE: Analyst of Cold War Soviet strategy. * Adele Morris * Janne E. Nolan * Michael E. O'Hanlon *

Peter R. Orszag Peter Richard Orszag (born December 16, 1968) is the CEO of Financial Advisory at Lazard. Before June 2019, he was the firm's Head of North American M&A and Global Co-Head of Healthcare. Orszag previously served as a Vice Chairman of Corporate ...

– Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Economic Studies; Director of the President's

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(2009–2010), and Director of the

(2007–2008). * Kenneth M. Pollack *

Jonathan Rauch Jonathan Charles Rauch (; born April 26, 1960) is an American author, journalist, and activist. After graduating from Yale University, Rauch worked at the ''Winston-Salem Journal'' in North Carolina, for ''National Journal'', and later for ''The ...

Diane Ravitch Diane Silvers Ravitch (born July 1, 1938) is a historian of education, an educational policy analyst, and a research professor at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Previously, she was a U.S. ...

* Susan Rice – Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy; U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2009–2013), and Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1997–2001). *

Alice Rivlin Alice Mitchell Rivlin (born Georgianna Alice Mitchell; March 4, 1931 – May 14, 2019) was an American economist and budget official. She served as the 16th Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve from 1996 to 1999. Before her appointment at the F ...

– Senior Fellow for Economic Studies;

(1996–1999), Director of the President's

(1994–1996), and Director of the

(1975–1983). * Miriam Sapiro – Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Global Economy and Development; U.S. Deputy Trade Representative (2009–2014). * Isabel Sawhill * Donna Shalala – Distinguished Fellow in Residence with the Economic Studies and the Center for Health Policy;

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(1993–2001). * Jeremy Shapiro * Allen Schick * P. W. Singer * Gilbert Y. Steiner * Constanze Stelzenmüller * James H. Stock – Nonresident Senior Fellow in Economic Studies; Member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers (2013–2014). * Shibley Telhami * Janet Yellen – Distinguished Fellow in Residence with the Economic Studies; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (since 2021),

(2014–2018),

(2010–2014), President of the

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(2004–2010), Chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisers (1997–1999), and Member of the

(1994–1997). *

Peyton Young Hobart Peyton Young (born March 9, 1945) is an American game theorist and economist known for his contributions to evolutionary game theory and its application to the study of institutional and technological change, as well as the theory of learn ...

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