American economist and political adviser (born 1970)
Jason Furman
28th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
In office August 2, 2013 – January 20, 2017
President
Barack Obama
Preceded by
Alan Krueger
Succeeded by
Kevin Hassett
Personal details
Born
(1970-08-18) August 18, 1970 (age 53) New York City, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Eve Gerber
Relations
Jesse M. Furman (brother)
Children
3
Education
Harvard University (BA, MA, PhD) London School of Economics (MSc)
Jason Furman (born August 18, 1970) is an American economist and professor at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government[1] and a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.[2] On June 10, 2013, Furman was named by President Barack Obama as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA).[3] Furman has also served as the deputy director of the U.S. National Economic Council,[4] which followed his role as an advisor for the Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign.
Since 2019, he has taught Economics 10, the year-long introductory economics course at Harvard, together with David Laibson.[5]
Furman is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Group of Thirty and the Aspen Economic Strategy Group. He also serves as a Trustee of the Russell Sage Foundation and on the advisory boards for the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, the Bund Summit, the Hamilton Project and the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. In addition to articles in scholarly journals and periodicals, Furman is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal and Project Syndicate and the editor of two books on economic policy.[6]
^"Jason Furman Named Professor of Practice at Harvard Kennedy School". Harvard Gazette. April 14, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
^"Jason Furman Joins Peterson Institute for International Economics". January 23, 2017.
^The White House. "Remarks by the President Nominating Jason Furman as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers." June 10, 2013.
^"Obama Announces Deputy Directors for the National Economic Council". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved December 18, 2018 – via National Archives.
^"Laibson and Furman to Take Over Ec10, Increase Number of Lectures". The Harvard Crimson. April 1, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
^"Jason Furman". www.hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
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