Dr. Zachary Liscow

Biography

Zachary Liscow is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He focuses on the intersection of law and economics, particularly in tax policy, benefit-cost analysis, and infrastructure costs. His extensive experience includes serving as Chief Economist at the Office of Management and Budget in the White House. Liscow has worked on various critical issues throughout his career, including environmental policy and empirical legal studies. His research highlights cost-effective policies to address economic inequality and the drivers of high infrastructure costs in the United States. A dedicated educator, he teaches courses on taxation law and economic tax policy at Yale. His expertise has been recognized in prominent publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Bloomberg. Liscow holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University with a degree in Economics and Environmental Science. Prior to his academic career, he clerked for the Honorable Stephen F. Williams on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and worked as a staff economist on the White House Council of Economic Advisers.

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