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Nonresident Senior Fellow

Michael S. Barr

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program

A former U.S. Treasury Department official, Michael Barr is an expert on domestic and international financial regulation and conducts empirical research on how poor households use financial services.

Expertise

Federal policy, financial services, community development, urban and metropolitan policy, Washington, D.C.

Background

Current Positions
Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

Past Positions
Special Advisor to the President (1999-2001) and Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Treasury (1997-2001);Special Assistant to Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin (1995-97);Special Advisor and Counselor, Policy Planning Staff, U.S. Department of State (1994-95);Law Clerk to the Honorable David H. Souter, U.S. Supreme Court (1993-94).

Education

J.D., Yale Law School, 1992;M.Phil, Oxford University, 1989 (Rhodes Scholar);B.A., Yale College, 1987 .

Research and Commentary

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