Alex J. Pollock currently serves as the Principal Deputy Director of the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Financial Research.
Prior to joining the Department of Treasury, Pollock was a Resident Distinguished Senior Fellow, in Finance, Insurance & Trade at the R Street Institute. In that capacity, he provided thought and policy leadership on financial issues, including the understanding of financial systems, cycles of boom and bust, financial crises, risk and uncertainty, central banking and the politics of finance.
Alex joined R Street from the American Enterprise Institute, where he was a resident fellow. Prior to that, he was president and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago.
Pollock also serves as a director of the CME Group, a director of Ascendium Education Group, a director and past-chairman of the Great Books Foundation, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Heller College of Business at Roosevelt University. He was a past president of the International Union for Housing Finance.
He is the author of Boom and Bust: Financial Cycles and Human Prosperity (2011) and Finance and Philosophy: Why We’re Always Surprised (2018).
Alex received his bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Williams College, a master’s in philosophy from the University of Chicago and a master’s of public administration in international affairs from Princeton University.
What's Next for Fannie, Freddie, and Housing Finance Reform?
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Money and the Constitution
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What's Next for Fannie, Freddie, and Housing Finance Reform?
Regulatory Transparency Project
On December 10, 2019, the Regulatory Transparency Project hosted an event at the National Press...
What's Next for Fannie, Freddie, and Housing Finance Reform?
Regulatory Transparency Project
On December 10, 2019, the Regulatory Transparency Project hosted an event at the National Press...
Deep Dive Episode 84 – What's Next for Fannie, Freddie, and Housing Finance Reform?
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Money and the Constitution
2019 National Lawyers Convention
On November 15, 2019, the Federalist Society's Financial Services & E-Commerce Practice Group hosted a...
Money and the Constitution
2019 National Lawyers Convention
On November 15, 2019, the Federalist Society's Financial Services & E-Commerce Practice Group hosted a...