Charles Louis Schultze (December 12, 1924 – September 27, 2016) was an American economist and public policy analyst.

[1] A native of Alexandria, Virginia, Schultze graduated from Gonzaga College High School and received his bachelor's (1948) and master's (1950) degrees in economics from Georgetown University.

Most recently, he co-edited a book with Henry J. Aaron titled Setting Domestic Priorities: What Can Government Do?

He also completed a study entitled, Memos to the President: A Guide through Macroeconomics for the Busy Policymaker (Brookings, 1992).

As a senior fellow emeritus in the Economic Studies program, he was named as the recipient of The John C. and Nancy D. Whitehead Chair in 1997.