Robert J. Barro

Robert J. Barro is the Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics at Harvard University. He is also a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research focuses on macroeconomics, economic growth, corporate tax reform, public debt, budget deficits, and the interplay between religion and political economy.

• Co-editor of Harvard’s Quarterly Journal of Economics
• Former President of the Western Economic Association
• Former Vice President of the American Economic Association

Barro has authored influential books such as Economic Growth, Determinants of Economic Growth, and Getting It Right: Markets and Choices in a Free Society. He previously served as a columnist for Business Week and a contributing editor for The Wall Street Journal.