Leonard "Len" E. Burman (born 1953, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American economist, tax policy expert, and author.
He is currently an institute fellow at the Urban Institute, the Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, and a senior research associate at Syracuse University's Center for Policy Research.
Burman began his career in Washington as a financial economist with the Office of Tax Policy at the United States Department of the Treasury.
During his time at Treasury, Burman worked on the design and implementation of the Tax Reform Act of 1986.
[5] Burman currently serves as the Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.
He is an avid cyclist who biked across the country in 2004 with his son, Paul, to raise over $100,000 for Partners In Health.