Laurence Kotlikoff

Laurence J. Kotlikoff is a William Fairfield Warren Professor at Boston University, a Professor of Economics at Boston University, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, President of Economic Security Planning, Inc., a company specializing in financial planning software, and a Research Fellow of the Goodman Institute. Kotlikoff is also a New York Times Best Selling author. The Economist Magazine ranked Kotlikoff one of the world’s 25 most influential economists.

Professor Kotlikoff received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1973 and his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1977. From 1977 through 1983, Kotlikoff served on the faculties of economics of the University of California, Los Angeles and Yale University. In 1981-82, Professor Kotlikoff was a Senior Economist with the President’s Council of Economic Advisers.

Professor Kotlikoff’s writings and research address personal finance, inequality, taxation, Social Security, climate change, investing, healthcare, deficits, and insurance. Professor Kotlikoff is author or co-author of 21 books, hundreds of professional journal articles, and a multitude of op eds and blogs. His larrykotlikoff.substack.com newsletter and podcast has tens of thousands of subscribers. (One can subscribe for free.)

Kotlikoff’s latest book, co-authored with Terry Savage, is Social Security Horror Stories – Protect Yourself from the System and Avoid Clawbacks. The book, as well as Kotlikoff’s MaximizeMySocialSecurity.com software, was featured on 60 Minutes with Anderson Cooper. Kotlikoff’s 2022 book, Money Magic — An Economists’ Secrets to More Money, Less Risk, and a Better Life won the business journalists’ association (SABEW) award for the best book in 2022 in investing and personal finance. You’re Hired contains Larry’s 2016 presidential campaign platform. Get What’s Yours – the Revised Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security, co-authored with Philip Moeller and Paul Solman, is a NY Times Best Seller. Kotlikoff’s other books include The Clash of Generations, co-authored with Scott Burns, The Economic Consequences of the Vickers Commission, Jimmy Stewart Is Dead, Spend ‘Til the End, co-authored with Scott Burns, Generational Policy, The Healthcare Fix, and The Coming Generational Storm, co-authored with Scott Burns.

Kotlikoff’s columns have appeared in The NY Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Hill, The Financial Times, The Times of London, Forbes, CBNC, Bloomberg, PBS NewsHour, The Dallas News, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, the Seattle Times, Vox, Fortune, Seeking Alpha, Yahoo.com, VoxEU, Huffington Post, and other leading media outlets.

Kotlikoff has served as a consultant to the Federal Reserve, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Harvard Institute for International Development, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Swedish Ministry of Finance, the Norwegian Ministry of Finance, the Bank of Italy, the Bank of Japan, the Bank of England, the Government of Russia, the Government of Ukraine, the Government of Bolivia, the Government of Bulgaria, the Treasury of New Zealand, the Finance Ministry of Malta, the Office of Management and Budget, the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Joint Committee on Taxation, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, The American Council of Life Insurance, Merrill Lynch, Fidelity Investments, AT&T, AON Corp., and other major U.S. corporations.

Kotlikoff has provided expert testimony on numerous occasions to committees of Congress including the Senate Finance Committee, the Senate Budget Committee, the House Ways and Means Committee, and the Joint Economic Committee.

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