Raúl Carrillo

Deputy Director, Law and Political Economy

YALE UNIVERSITY

Raúl Carrillo is the Deputy Director of the Law and Political Economy (LPE) Project, a Resident Fellow of the Yale Information Society Project, and an Associate Research Scholar at Yale Law School. His research critically analyzes the laws of money, banking, and finance, by approaching money as a technology of governance. Current research topics include digital currency design, financial data protection, and the racialization of laws combatting illicit flows.

Prior to joining the Project, Raúl was Policy Counsel at the Demand Progress Education Fund and a Fellow at the Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, advising public interest groups, federal agencies, and Congressional offices with respect to developments in the financial technology (fintech) sector. He previously worked as a Staff Attorney at New Economy Project and as Special Counsel to the Enforcement Director at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He is the Chair of the Board of Directors of Public Money Action, an Advisory Council member of Our Money, an Executive Committee member of the National Jobs For All Network, a Board member of the Demand Progress Education Fund, and an Advisory Board member of the Progressive Talent Pipeline.