John B. Taylor

John B. Taylor is the Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University, the George P. Shultz Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and director of Stanford’s Introductory Economics Center. He is known for his research on the foundations of monetary theory and policy, which has been applied around the world. He served as Senior Economist (1976-77) and Member (1989-91) on the US President’s Council of Economic Advisers, and as Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs (2001-2005). He received the Adam Smith Award from the Association of Private Enterprise Education, Liberalni Institut Award, the Truman Medal for extraordinary contributions to policy, the Hayek Prize for his book First Principles, the Bradley Prize for his research and policy achievements, the Adam Smith Award from the National Association for Business Economics, the Alexander Hamilton Award and the Treasury Distinguished Service Award for his policy contributions, and the Medal of the Republic of Uruguay for his work in resolving the 2002 financial crisis. He currently is a member of Board of Directors of the Mont Pelerin Society and the Eminent Persons Group on Global Financial Governance. Taylor received a BA summa cum laude from Princeton and PhD from Stanford.