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Alex J. Pollock
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Resident Fellow Alex J. Pollock
Alex J. Pollock has been a resident fellow at AEI since 2004, focusing on financial policy issues, including government-sponsored enterprises, retirement finance, housing finance, corporate governance, accounting standards, and the issues raised by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Previously he spent thirty-five years in banking, including twelve years as president and chief executive officer of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, while also writing numerous articles on financial systems and management. He is a director of Allied Capital Corporation, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation, the International Union for Housing Finance, and chairman of the board of the Great Books Foundation.

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Professional Experience

-President and chief executive officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, 1991-2004

-Visiting scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 1991

-President and chief executive officer, Community Federal Savings, St. Louis, 1988-1990

-President, Marine Bank, Milwaukee, 1987

-Chief financial officer, Marine Bank, Milwaukee, 1986

-Senior vice president, corporate planning, research, and development, Continental Illinois National Bank, Chicago, 1982-1985

-Positions of increasing responsibility in Belgium, Germany, and Chicago, Continental Illinois National Bank, 1969-1981


Education

M.P.A., international relations, Princeton University

M.A., philosophy, University of Chicago

B.A., Williams College

Articles and Short Publications
The British Way Is Better
The $700 Billion Man
When the Bust Comes
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Events
The Deflating Mortgage and Housing Bubble, Part IV: Where Is the Bottom?
The Theory and Practice of Bailouts
Can Covered Bonds Compete with Fannie and Freddie?
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Media Appearance
Conflicted Agents and Platonic Guardians: Interview with Alex Pollock
Q&A with Alex J. Pollock
Speaking Engagements
Conceptual Problems with "Fair Value" Accounting Theory
The Goal of Mortgage Disclosure: To Underwrite Yourself
Regulatory Implications of the Housing and Mortgage Bubble and Bust
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Related Links
Menu of AEI Materials on the Housing GSEs

Research Areas
Accounting standards (FASB)
Banking structure
Financial system
Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs), including Fannie Mae and the Federal Home Loan Banks
Retirement finance
Housing finance
Corporate governance
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Contact Information
Alex J. Pollock
American Enterprise Institute
 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
Phone: 202-862-7190
Assistant: 202-419-5212
Fax: 202-862-4875
E-mail: APollock@aei.org