Leonard Burman is currently an institute fellow at the Urban Institute, the Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, and a senior research associate at Syracuse University's Center for Policy Research.
14 Facts About Leonard Burman
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Leonard Burman is, with Joel Slemrod, the author of Taxes in America: What Everyone Needs to Know.
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Leonard Burman served as an economics instructor at Bates College from 1983 to 1985.
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Leonard Burman began his career in Washington as a financial economist with the Office of Tax Policy at the United States Department of the Treasury.
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In 2000, Leonard Burman left the Clinton administration to become a senior fellow at the Urban Institute.
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Leonard Burman served as the inaugural director of the Tax Policy Center until 2009 and provided guidance on tax policy issues and proposals as a resident expert.
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Since leaving the Clinton administration in 2000, Leonard Burman has served in several posts in academia.
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Between 2000 and 2008, Leonard Burman was a visiting professor and lecturer at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute and a visiting professor at the UCLA School of Law.
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Leonard Burman currently serves as the Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.
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Leonard Burman is the immediate past-president of the National Tax Association, has served on the Bipartisan Policy Center's Debt Reduction Task Force, and currently serves on the board of the Pew SubsidyScope Project.
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Leonard Burman's op-eds have appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, and other publications.
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Leonard Burman is married to Melissa Leonard Burman, a former administrator at Georgetown University, and has four children, and two grandchildren.
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Leonard Burman is an avid cyclist who biked across the country in 2004 with his son, Paul, to raise over $100,000 for Partners In Health.
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Leonard Burman sings in the a cappella group, Polyhymnia, and is a former member of the Syracuse Oratorio Society, New Dominion Chorale, Arlington Metropolitan Chorus, and Androscoggin Chorale.