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Lawrence Kudlow

Distinguished Scholar
CEO of Kudlow & Co., LLC
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Biography

Lawrence Kudlow is a distinguished scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.  He is also CEO of Kudlow & Co., LLC, an economic and investment research firm in New York City.

Mr. Kudlow is the host of CNBC’s “Kudlow & Company” (airs Monday through Friday at 5:00 pm). He is an economics commentator for CNBC and a regular guest on “The Closing Bell,” “Squawk Box” and “Power Lunch.” He is also a regular panelist on The McLaughlin Group.

He is a contributing editor of National Review Magazine, as well as a columnist and economics editor for National Review Online. Mr. Kudlow is a nationally syndicated columnist. He is a Brain Trust columnist for Investor’s Business Daily. Mr. Kudlow is also the author of "American Abundance: The New Economic and Moral Prosperity," published by Forbes in January 1998.

For many years, Mr. Kudlow served as chief economist for a number of Wall Street firms. Recently, Mr. Kudlow was a member of the Bush-Cheney Transition Advisory Committee. During President Reagan's first term, Mr. Kudlow was the associate director for economics and planning, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, where he was engaged in the development of Reagan administration economic and budget policy. He is a former member of the board of directors of Empower America, a grassroots public policy organization chaired by Jack Kemp, William Bennett and Jeane Kirkpatrick.

In addition, Mr. Kudlow has testified as an expert witness on economic matters before several congressional committees. He has also presented testimony at several Republican Governors Conferences.

Mr. Kudlow began his career as a staff economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, working in the areas of domestic open market operations and bank supervision.

Mr. Kudlow was educated at the University of Rochester and Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He is a member of the Union League Club, the Capitol Hill Club and the National Women's Republican Club.