Mark Muro

Senior Fellow and Policy Director, Metropolitan Policy Program

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Mark Muro, a senior fellow and director of policy for the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, manages the program's public policy analysis and leads key policy research projects.

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Expertise

  • Regional economic competitiveness
  • Metropolitan growth and development
  • Metropolitan policy
  • Transportation
  • Urban planning
  • Growth management
  • State/regional/local policies
  • Local/regional governance

Experience

Current Positions

  • Senior Fellow and Policy Director, Metropolitan Policy Program

Past Positions

  • Senior Policy Analyst, The Morrison Institute on Public Policy, Arizona State University
  • Editorial Writer, The Arizona Daily Star
  • Staff Reporter, The Boston Globe

Education

  • University of California, Berkeley, Master's of American Studies
  • Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, Bachelor of Arts, 1982

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"[Washington, DC's reliance on goverment is] a relatively less dangerous addiction than others. Diversification can never be sold until it’s too late. Complexity breeds resilience. It’s true in natural systems, and it’s true in economics."

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