Jason Furman
Jason Furman (born August 18, 1970) is an American economist and professor at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. On June 10, 2013, Furman was named by President Barack Obama as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Furman has also served as the deputy director of the U.S. National Economic Council, which followed his role as an advisor for the Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign.
Jason Furman | |
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| 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 | August 18, 1970 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) |
Since 2019, he has taught Economics 10, the year-long introductory economics course at Harvard, together with David Laibson.
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.