Taylor, John B.

Under Secretary for International Affairs, United States Department of the Treasury; Washington, D.C. John B. Taylor is Under Secretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Taylor serves as the principal advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on international economic and financial issues. He leads the development and implementation of policies in the areas of international finance, trade and investment, economic development, international debt, and U.S. participation in the IMF, the World Bank, and other international lending institutions. Taylor’s previous government experience includes two stints on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. Before becoming Under Secretary, Taylor was Roberts Professor of Economics at Stanford University. Before joining the Stanford faculty in 1984, he held positions as a professor of economics at Princeton University and Columbia University. Taylor has also served as Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution; Director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research; Director of the Stanford Introductory Economics Center; and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Taylor received a B.A. in economics summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1968 and a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University in 1973.