Hilton Root

- Senior Research Fellow, Professor of Public Policy, School of Public Policy at George Mason University
Dr. Hilton Root is a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Dr. Root, an academic and policy specialist in international political economy and development, joined the faculty of the School of Public Policy at George Mason University in the summer of 2006. His areas of expertise are international economics, economic development and policy reform, and Asian affairs.
Dr. Root was Freeman Professor of Economics at Pitzer College and senior fellow at Claremont Graduate University from June 2003 to June 2006. He served the current administration as US Executive Director Designate of the Asian Development Bank, and as senior advisor on development finance to the Department of the Treasury. Dr. Root was Director and Senior Fellow of Global Studies at the Milken Institute and was a Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Initiative on Economic Growth and Democracy at the Hoover Institution. As a policy expert, Dr. Root advises the Asian Development Bank, the IMF, the World Bank, the UNDP, the OECD, the US State Department, the US Treasury Department and USAID.
As an academic, he has taught at the University of Michigan, California Institute of Technology, the University of Pennsylvania and Stanford University. Dr. Root has written and lectured extensively, publishing seven books and more than 100 articles.
Dr. Root earned his doctorate from the University of Michigan in 1983.
For a current list of publications, view Hilton's personal website .Publications & Appearances
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Understanding the US-China Trade Disconnect
Liu Baocheng and Hilton Root provide an overview of the U.S.-China trade dispute.
Read it at The Diplomat.
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Wanted: Harsh Realism at the World Bank
Hilton Root proposes a reform to the World Bank's method of funding projects.
Read it at The National Interest.
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The More Integrated the Global Economy Is, the More Vulnerable It Is
Global fractures may be where the next generation of economic opportunities are hiding.
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Who Controls America's China Policy?
Robert Lighthizer, the recently appointed U.S. trade representative, has one year to investigate allegations against China for…
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What the West Can Still Offer the World
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
David Cameron's Great Blunder
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The Case for Global Realism
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Globalization's Broken Promise
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
A Great Shock to the Nepalese Political System
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary