Scott Winship
Director of the Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
Winship researches social mobility, economic insecurity, inequality, and the causes and effects of poverty. Before joining AEI, he served as the executive director of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), under Chairman Mike Lee (R-UT), where he created the Social Capital Project, a multiyear research project to investigate the evolving nature of social relationships including families, communities, workplaces, and religious congregations. Winship was also a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and a fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a senior policy adviser at Third Way. He has testified before Congress and has been widely published in the popular press, including in National Affairs, National Review, the American Prospect, the New Republic, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. His broadcast appearances include National Public Radio, PBS NewsHour, and CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS.
