Leonard Burman

Leonard Burman is a Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute
and co-director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center.
He is an expert in public finance and modeling the effects
of government policies on individuals' and firms'
decisions. He has held high-level positions in both the
executive and legislative branches, serving as Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Tax Analysis at the Treasury from
1998 to 2000, and as Senior Analyst at the Congressional
Budget Office. At Treasury, he was responsible for the
development and economic analysis of tax policy proposals.
He played a lead role in the design of the administration's
proposal for Universal Savings Accounts, aimed at expanding
retirement savings for the millions of workers who
currently lack coverage. Dr. Burman is also a Visiting
Professor at Georgetown University's Public Policy
Institute, and had previously taught economics at George
Washington University and Bates College.

Dr. Burman is the author of The Labyrinth of Capital Gains
Tax Policy: A Guide for the Perplexed, and numerous
articles, studies, and reports. Dr. Burman's current
research is focused on the changing role of taxation in
social policy, pension and retirement policy, and tax
policy with respect to health insurance.