Philip Levy

Phil Levy is senior fellow on the global economy at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Previously he was associate professor of business administration at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. He was formerly a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and taught at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. From 2003 to 2006, he served first as senior economist for trade for President Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers and then as a member of Secretary of State Rice’s Policy Planning Staff, covering international economic matters. Before working in government, he was a faculty member of Yale University’s Department of Economics for nine years and spent one of those as academic director of Yale’s Center for the Study of Globalization.

His academic writings have appeared in such outlets as The American Economic Review, Economic Journal, and the Journal of International Economics. He is a regular contributor to Foreign Policy_magazine’s online _Shadow Government section and writes on topics including trade policy, economic relations with China, and the European economic crisis. Dr. Levy has testified before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Joint Economic Committee, the House Committee on Ways and Mean, and the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission. He received his PhD in Economics from Stanford University in 1994 and his AB in Economics from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1988.

Education Ph.D., 1994, Economics, Stanford University

A.B., 1988, Economics, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Highest Distinction, High Honors in Economics

Academic Positions Associate Professor, Global Economies and Markets, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, 2012-2013

Adjunct Associate Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, 2011-2012

Associate Professor, Economics, Yale University, Yale University, 1999-2003

Assistant Professor, Economics, Yale University, 1994-1999

Other Professional Experience Senior Fellow on the Global Economy, Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Adjunct Senior Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, 2012-2013

Consultant, The World Bank, 2012-2012

Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, 2006-2011

Member, US Department of State, 2005-2006

Senior Economist, President's Council of Economic Advisers, 2003-2005

Consultant, United States Agency for International Development, 1994-1994

Junior Staff Economist, President's Council of Economic Advisers, 1991-1992

Assistant, General Agreement on Tarrifs and Trade, 1990-1990

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