Robert Greenstein

Public Policy Analyst Class of 1996
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Washington, District of Columbia
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50 at time of award

About Robert's Work

Robert Greenstein is a public policy analyst who conducts research and designs proposals on a range of domestic policy issues, with a focus on low-income families and individuals.

In 1981, Greenstein founded the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, an institution that combines rigorous analyses of public programs and budget and tax policies with a commitment to improving the lives of poor families.  Greenstein has made the Center a model for nonpartisan research and policy organizations.  Its research is widely used at both the national and state levels by policymakers and journalists of all ideological viewpoints, and by nonprofit organizations and academe as well.  The Center’s work has helped shape an array of policies and programs, such as the large expansions over the past decade in the earned-income tax credit for low-income working families.

Biography

Greenstein is the executive director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.  In 1994, he was appointed by President Clinton to serve on the bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform.  He has written numerous reports and articles on poverty-related issues and is frequently asked to testify on Capitol Hill.

Greenstein received an A.B. (1967) from Harvard University and attended the London School of Economics (1967) and the University of California, Berkeley (1968-69).

Last updated January 1, 2005

Published on July 1, 1996

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