Former Expert

Robert E. Litan

Robert Litan was affiliated with the Brookings Institution from 1984 to 2012, most recently as a senior fellow in Economic Studies. He was vice president and director of Economic Studies from 1996 to 2003. Litan is now director of research for Bloomberg Government.

Recent Activity

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Book

The Need for Speed
A New Framework for Telecommunications Policy for the 21st Century

2013
Book

Rocky Times: New Perspectives on Financial Stability

2012
In the News

The cost to our economy of highly restricted credit from banks and other debt providers is that young businesses are prevented from adequately investing in their companies to fund growth and create jobs.
May 9, 2012, Robert E. Litan, Washington Post
Opinion | Forbes

A Guide To An Eventual Budget Deal

April 5, 2012
Blog Post

Give the JOBS Act the Benefit of Any Doubts

March 29, 2012 | comments
Podcast

@ Brookings Podcast: Startup Businesses Key to Job Growth

November 18, 2011
Past Event

Can America Get Its Entrepreneurial Groove Back?

November 15, 2011
Opinion | CNBC

Small Business Is Not New, Big Business Is Not Always Better

November 8, 2011
Opinion | McClatchy Newspapers

To Fix the Economy, the President Should Help Small Businesses Form and Grow

September 7, 2011
Book

Growing Old
Paying for Retirement and Institutional Money Management after the Financial Crisis

2011