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14 Aug 2008, 2:38 pm
Wall Street Journal: The Obama Tax Plan, by Jason Furman (Economic Policy Director, Obama for America) & Austan Goolsbee (Senior Economic Adviser, Obama for America): Even as Barack Obama proposes fiscally responsible tax reform to strengthen our economy and restore... [read post]
19 Jun 2008, 7:38 am
A minor controversy arose last week when the Obama campaign announced the hiring of a new economic policy director, Jason Furman. [read post]
30 Jan 2018, 2:02 am by Paul Caron
Wall Street Journal op-ed: ‘Repeal and Replace’ the Trump Tax Cuts, by Jason Furman (Harvard): Everyone who debated last year’s tax law can agree that it won’t be the last word. [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 10:52 am
Editorial in today's Wall Street Journal: The Small Business Surtax: The Obama Democrats Pick Income Redistribution Over Job Creation and Economic Growth: Jason Furman owes an apology to Michael Boskin, the Stanford economist who wrote a year ago on these pages that Barack Obama would raise American income tax rates... [read post]
21 Nov 2019, 10:00 am by Paul Caron
Highlights of the opening day of the National Tax Association 112th Annual Conference on Taxation in Tampa (full program here): Keynote: Tax Follies and Wisdom through the Ages Joel Slemrod (Michigan) Plenary: Capital and Wealth Taxation Jason Furman (Harvard) Beth Kaufman (Caplin & Drysdale) Henrik J. [read post]
13 Jun 2008, 12:00 am
., underscored his affinity with Democratic centrists this week when he tapped Jason Furman, who worked closely with former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, to be his director of economic policy. [read post]
12 Dec 2021, 10:16 am by Tom Smith
Instead, policy has actually loosened,” said Jason Furman, who chaired the Council of Economic Advisers during the Obama administration. [read post]
27 Dec 2013, 9:23 am by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Jason Furman is Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers: “The United States economy continues to recover from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and while substantial progress has been made, more work remains to boost economic growth and speed job creation. [read post]
20 Feb 2009, 3:24 pm
From our colleague Jason Johns: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will host a technical conference on March 2 to discuss the challenges of integrating large amounts of variable generation into wholesale markets and the grid. [read post]
23 Jan 2015, 8:14 am by Robert Van De Veire
A memo drafted by Jason Furman, one of President Obama’s top economic advisors, entitled “Draft Conflict of Interest Rule for Retirement Savings” was reportedly obtained by Bloomberg News. [read post]
11 Apr 2018, 1:38 pm by Daniel Shaviro
Yesterday at the colloquium, Jason Furman, who is now at the Harvard Kennedy School, presented Should Policymakers Care Whether Inequality is Helpful or Harmful for Growth? [read post]
22 Nov 2016, 7:00 am by Kenneth J. Vanko
There are a couple of different viewpoints on this.In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Jason Furman and Alan B. [read post]
20 Feb 2015, 4:22 am by Jon Gelman
[Click here to see the rest of this post]Found onRelated articlesFox News Is Helping the GOP Disingenuously Rebrand Itself As the Party of the Middle Class (alternet.org)Reasons To Still Worry About Labor Force Participation (forbes.com)The 2015 Economic Report of the President: by Jason Furman, Maurice Obstefled, and Betsey Stevenson of White House.gov Blog Feed (dontime.net)Paul Ryan So Mad At Obama For Inventing Poverty (wonkette.com)Income Inequality Soars in Every US State… [read post]
13 Jul 2017, 1:40 pm by Daniel Shaviro
  Tuesday, April 10 – Jason Furman, Harvard Kennedy School.12. [read post]
16 Aug 2013, 8:53 am
Jason Furman, an economist and Chairman of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), said, “We are seeing no systematic evidence that the Affordable Care Act is having an adverse impact on job growth or the number of hours employees are working. [read post]
10 Sep 2013, 4:31 am by Jon Gelman
For comparison, the number of involuntary part-time workers was actually down year-over-year in the private sector, as Jason Furman, the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, noted in a blog post: [Click here to see the original post] Related articles Despite backlogs, VA disability claims processors get bonuses (workers-compensation.blogspot.com) ILO domestic worker rights treaty enters into force (workers-compensation.blogspot.com) Senate fails to revive workers'… [read post]
15 Oct 2013, 3:54 am by Li Guizhi
Claims by federal workers are reported separately and with a one-week lag.The number of federal employees filing for jobless benefits rose only 359 in the week ending September 28.White House Council of Economic Advisers Jason Furman said the increase in overall claims last week suggested the government shutdown and worries about a debt default were already hurting the economy." [read post]
10 Jul 2008, 12:36 am
Obama believes we need to change our trade focus from the Bush years so there is a true focus on workers, jobs, farmers and on ensuring that we are lifting standards of living overseas," Jason Furman, Obama economic adviser said in a statement in response to request by Reuters. [read post]
10 Apr 2012, 5:46 am by Glenn Reynolds
Introducing a minimum 30 percent income tax on millionaires “was never our plan to bring the deficit down and get the debt under control,” Jason Furman, the principal deputy director of the White House National Economic Council, told reporters on a conference call Monday afternoon. [read post]