Atif Mian is John H. Laporte, Jr. Class of 1967 Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Finance at Princeton University, and Director of the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. Mian has made significant contributions to the fields of macroeconomics and finance, particularly in understanding the interplay between finance and the broader economy. His work in the area of empirical macrofinance has shaped contemporary understanding of the financial system's role in macroeconomic stability and growth. His current work focuses on the deeper implications of rising inequality for the macroeconomy, including growth, financial markets, monetary policy, and fiscal policy. A 2019 IMF magazine interview provides some insight into this research agenda. 

Mian's book, House of Debt (co-authored with Amir Sufi), uses powerful new data to describe how debt precipitated the Great Recession, why debt continues to threaten the global economy, and the policy implications of fixing the financial system. House of Debt received critical acclaim from The New York Times, Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and The Atlantic, among many others. 

Mian's research has been published in the American Economic Review, Econometrica, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, and the Journal of Financial Economics. A full list of working papers and published work is here. Before joining Princeton in 2012, he taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.