Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham is an Assistant Professor at the Yale School of Management. Prior to this, he was a Financial Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. His research interests include consumer finance. econometrics, and social networks. His current work focuses on assessing the costs and benefits of debtor protection policies and understanding the role that consumer debt plays in the macroeconomy.

Goldsmith-Pinkham received a B.A. in Economics and a B.A. in Mathematics and Statistics from Swarthmore College in 2007, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 2015.