Emily DiVito
Deputy Director, Financial Regulation
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Emily DiVito drives the think tank’s work outlining new solutions to protecting individuals and families as consumers in the economy and safeguarding the US financial system against risk.
Emily DiVito is currently on assignment with the US Treasury Department’s Inflation Reduction Act Program Office as part of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Mobility Program.
Emily DiVito is the deputy director for the corporate power program at the Roosevelt Institute. Her work focuses on inclusive banking and financial inclusion, financial technologies and regulations, and progressive taxation of wealth and the wealthy. She has testified before the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs regarding her research on deposit insurance. Her work has been featured in the Washington Post, The Guardian, and American Banker. DiVito holds a BA from Wellesley College and an MPA from Columbia University.
Publications By The Author
The Business of Bank Fees: How Public Alternatives Can Ensure Equitable Economic Participation
The Business of Bank Fees: How Public Alternatives Can Ensure Equitable Economic Participation
June 5, 2024
By Emily DiVito
Concentrated Markets, Concentrated Wealth: Billionaire Blockholders, the Interlocking Rise of Wealth and Market Concentration, and the Role of the US Tax Code
Concentrated Markets, Concentrated Wealth: Billionaire Blockholders, the Interlocking Rise of Wealth and Market Concentration, and the Role of the US Tax Code
March 11, 2024
By Niko Lusiani, Emily DiVito
A Mapping of the Full Potential of US Corporate Taxation to Enhance Child and Family Well-Being
A Mapping of the Full Potential of US Corporate Taxation to Enhance Child and Family Well-Being
January 23, 2024
By Emily DiVito, Niko Lusiani
Fifty Years of ‘Cut To Grow’: How Changing Narratives around Corporate Tax Policy Have Undermined Child and Family Well-Being
Fifty Years of ‘Cut To Grow’: How Changing Narratives around Corporate Tax Policy Have Undermined Child and Family Well-Being
January 23, 2024
By Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, Emily DiVito, Niko Lusiani
Series: The Intersection of Corporate Taxation and Child and Family Well-Being Policy
Series: The Intersection of Corporate Taxation and Child and Family Well-Being Policy
January 23, 2024
Latest By The Author
The TCJA Is Making Our Tax System—and Tax Season—More Burdensome
February 5, 2024
By Emily DiVito
Why This Matters: Imitation Banks: Abusing the Public’s Faith in Banks
December 6, 2023
By Emily DiVito
The IRS Is Piloting a Direct File System. The TurboTax Settlement Shows We Need It.
May 17, 2023
By Emily DiVito Matt Hughes
Banking for the People: Remarks before the CalAccount Blue Ribbon Commission on March 23, 2023
March 23, 2023
By Emily DiVito