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'''Robert Greenstein''' is founder and executive director of the [[Center on Budget and Policy Priorities]] (CBPP), a Washington, DC think tank that focuses on federal and state fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals. According to his CBPP bio, Greenstein is "an expert on the federal budget and in particular, the impact of tax and budget proposals on low-income people".
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'''Robert Greenstein''' (born 1946)<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23383703/robert-greenstein-center-budget-policy-priorities |title=How One Man Quietly Stitched the American Safety Net over Four Decades |date=November 22, 2022 |accessdate=November 26, 2022 |first=Dylan |last=Matthews |work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]}}</ref> is founder and former president of the [[Center on Budget and Policy Priorities]] (CBPP), a [[Washington, D.C.]] think tank that focuses on federal and state [[fiscal policy]] and public programs that affect low and moderate-income families and individuals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbpp.org/press/press-releases/robert-greenstein-to-step-down-at-end-of-2020 |title=Robert Greenstein to Step Down at End of 2020 |publisher=[[Center on Budget and Policy Priorities]] |accessdate=November 25, 2020 |date=December 17, 2019 |first=Shannon |last=Buckingham}}</ref> For four decades he was considered the capitol's de facto lobbyist for the poor, where he "won countless fights that cumulatively directed hundreds of billions, if not trillions, of dollars to programs for low-income people."<ref name=":0" />


==Biography==
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Greenstein was awarded a [[MacArthur Fellowship]] in 1996, and the 14th Annual [[Heinz Award]] in Public Policy in 2008.<ref>[http://heinzawards.net/recipients/robert-greenstein The Heinz Awards, Robert Greenstein profile]</ref> In 1994, he was appointed by President [[Bill Clinton]] to serve on the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9807E6DF1738F936A25751C1A962958260 | work=The New York Times | first=Robert | last=Pear | title=Panel on a U.S. Benefits Overhaul Fails to Agree on Proposals | date=December 15, 1994}}</ref> Prior to founding the Center, Greenstein was Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service at the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] under President [[Jimmy Carter]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9903E3D8123BF934A25751C0A964948260 | work=The New York Times | first=Robert | last=Pear | title=Totals For Food Stamps Are A Shifting Target | date=February 17, 1982}}</ref> In November of 2011, Greenstein was included on ''The New Republic's'' list of Washington's most powerful, least famous people.<ref> {{cite news | last = The Editors | title = Washington's Most Powerful, Least Famous People| url = http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/96131/washingtons-most-powerful-least-famous-people?passthru=ZTM3Y2VhYmZjNmIzMjllNzQ3MjMxOGEzMmJlZjg1NzI | work = The New Republic | date = 2011-11-03 | accessdate=2011-10-25}}</ref>
Born in the [[West Oak Lane, Philadelphia|West Oak Lane]] neighborhood of [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], Greenstein graduated from [[Cheltenham High School]], in nearby [[Wyncote, Pennsylvania|Wyncote]], in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1963, and went on to earn his bachelor's magna cum laude at [[Harvard University]] with a [[National Merit Scholarship Program|National Merit Scholarship]] and [[Phi Beta Kappa]], spent a year studying international history at the [[London School of Economics]] with a [[Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship|Knox Fellowship]], and a following year studying toward a PhD in American history at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] with a [[Danforth Foundation|Danforth Fellowship]] and a [[The Institute for Citizens & Scholars|Wilson Fellowship]].<ref name="Schuman">Schuman, Matt (July&nbsp;25, 1996). "A Certifiable Genius: MacArthur Grant just Reinforces what these Local Parents Knew all Along". ''[[The Jewish Exponent]]''. Retrieved via ProQuest database, 2017-02-17.</ref><ref>[https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Robert-Greenstein-CV-2021.pdf Robert Greenstein CV 2021] Brookings Institution</ref>

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Greenstein was awarded a [[MacArthur Fellowship]] in 1996,<ref name="Schuman"/> and the 14th Annual [[Heinz Award]] in Public Policy in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://heinzawards.net/recipients/robert-greenstein|title=Robert Greenstein|last=|first=|date=|website=The Heinz Awards|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2017-05-22}}</ref> In 1994, he was appointed by President [[Bill Clinton]] to serve on the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9807E6DF1738F936A25751C1A962958260 | work=The New York Times | first=Robert | last=Pear | title=Panel on a U.S. Benefits Overhaul Fails to Agree on Proposals | date=December 15, 1994}}</ref> Prior to founding the Center, Greenstein was Administrator of the [[Food and Nutrition Service]] at the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] under President [[Jimmy Carter]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9903E3D8123BF934A25751C0A964948260 | work=The New York Times | first=Robert | last=Pear | title=Totals For Food Stamps Are A Shifting Target | date=February 17, 1982}}</ref> In November 2011, Greenstein was included on ''[[The New Republic]]''{{'}}s list of Washington's most powerful, least famous people.<ref>{{cite magazine | last = The Editors | title = Washington's Most Powerful, Least Famous People| url = http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/96131/washingtons-most-powerful-least-famous-people?passthru=ZTM3Y2VhYmZjNmIzMjllNzQ3MjMxOGEzMmJlZjg1NzI | magazine = [[The New Republic]] | date = October 12, 2011 | accessdate=2011-10-25}}</ref>


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==External links==
==External links==
* {{C-SPAN|3937}}
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_16_51/ai_55432930 Tax and Spin : A think tank and its "genius." - Center for Budget and Policy Priorities head Robert Greenstein]
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_16_51/ai_55432930 Tax and Spin : A think tank and its "genius." - Center for Budget and Policy Priorities head Robert Greenstein]
* [[Steven Pearlstein|Pearlstein, Steven]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/03/AR2007050302036.html "A Powerhouse for the Poor"], ''Washington Post'', May 4, 2007, retrieved May 12, 2007.
* [[Steven Pearlstein|Pearlstein, Steven]]. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/03/AR2007050302036.html "A Powerhouse for the Poor"], ''Washington Post'', May 4, 2007, retrieved May 12, 2007.
* Deparle, Jason. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D03E0D8133BF931A15751C0A962958260 "Democrats Face Hard Choices in Welfare Overhaul"], ''New York Times'', February 22, 1994, retrieved March 28, 2008.
* Deparle, Jason. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D03E0D8133BF931A15751C0A962958260 "Democrats Face Hard Choices in Welfare Overhaul"], ''New York Times'', February 22, 1994, retrieved March 28, 2008.
* Pear, Robert. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9807E6DF1738F936A25751C1A962958260 "Panel on a U.S. Benefits Overhaul Fails to Agree on Proposals"], ''New York Times'', December 15, 1994, retrieved October 25, 2006.
* Pear, Robert. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9807E6DF1738F936A25751C1A962958260 "Panel on a U.S. Benefits Overhaul Fails to Agree on Proposals"], ''New York Times'', December 15, 1994, retrieved October 25, 2006.

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Latest revision as of 03:25, 4 May 2024

Bob Greenstein
Born1946 (age 77–78)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationHarvard University (BA)
London School of Economics
University of California, Berkeley
AwardsMacArthur Fellowship (1996)
Heinz Award in Public Policy (2008)

Robert Greenstein (born 1946)[1] is founder and former president of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), a Washington, D.C. think tank that focuses on federal and state fiscal policy and public programs that affect low and moderate-income families and individuals.[2] For four decades he was considered the capitol's de facto lobbyist for the poor, where he "won countless fights that cumulatively directed hundreds of billions, if not trillions, of dollars to programs for low-income people."[1]

Biography[edit]

Born in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Greenstein graduated from Cheltenham High School, in nearby Wyncote, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1963, and went on to earn his bachelor's magna cum laude at Harvard University with a National Merit Scholarship and Phi Beta Kappa, spent a year studying international history at the London School of Economics with a Knox Fellowship, and a following year studying toward a PhD in American history at the University of California, Berkeley with a Danforth Fellowship and a Wilson Fellowship.[3][4]

Greenstein was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 1996,[3] and the 14th Annual Heinz Award in Public Policy in 2008.[5] In 1994, he was appointed by President Bill Clinton to serve on the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform.[6] Prior to founding the Center, Greenstein was Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service at the United States Department of Agriculture under President Jimmy Carter.[7] In November 2011, Greenstein was included on The New Republic's list of Washington's most powerful, least famous people.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Matthews, Dylan (November 22, 2022). "How One Man Quietly Stitched the American Safety Net over Four Decades". Vox. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
  2. ^ Buckingham, Shannon (December 17, 2019). "Robert Greenstein to Step Down at End of 2020". Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Schuman, Matt (July 25, 1996). "A Certifiable Genius: MacArthur Grant just Reinforces what these Local Parents Knew all Along". The Jewish Exponent. Retrieved via ProQuest database, 2017-02-17.
  4. ^ Robert Greenstein CV 2021 Brookings Institution
  5. ^ "Robert Greenstein". The Heinz Awards. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  6. ^ Pear, Robert (December 15, 1994). "Panel on a U.S. Benefits Overhaul Fails to Agree on Proposals". The New York Times.
  7. ^ Pear, Robert (February 17, 1982). "Totals For Food Stamps Are A Shifting Target". The New York Times.
  8. ^ The Editors (October 12, 2011). "Washington's Most Powerful, Least Famous People". The New Republic. Retrieved 2011-10-25. {{cite magazine}}: |last= has generic name (help)

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