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17 Nov 2015, 2:40 am
“The share of the workforce that has a required state license — for everything from hearing aid dealers to funeral parlor owners — has grown from 5 percent in the 1950s to nearly 29 percent today, [said Jason Furman, chair of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers], sometimes with the effect of raising prices for consumers. [read post]
30 Jun 2015, 3:14 am
The proposed rule comes after months of pitched internal debate, with Labor Secretary Tom Perez and Domestic Policy Council director Cecilia Muñoz pushing to keep the threshold at the 40th percentile, and other members of the White House economic team, including Council of Economic Advisers chairman Jason Furman, trying to lower it to the 37th percentile. [read post]
30 Jun 2015, 3:14 am
The proposed rule comes after months of pitched internal debate, with Labor Secretary Tom Perez and Domestic Policy Council director Cecilia Muñoz pushing to keep the threshold at the 40th percentile, and other members of the White House economic team, including Council of Economic Advisers chairman Jason Furman, trying to lower it to the 37th percentile. [read post]
20 Feb 2015, 4:22 am
[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]
23 Jan 2015, 8:14 am
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]
27 Aug 2014, 9:30 pm
” Still, Jason Furman, chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, told The Christian Science Monitor “[w]e know way more than enough to justify acting today [on climate change]. [read post]
7 Feb 2014, 9:22 pm
The glum news has Jason Furman, Chairman of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, dancing on the head of a political pin while trying to maintain academic integrity. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 8:24 pm
Surprisingly, however, the Republican-friendly Wall Street Journal featured an oped article (subscription required) this past Monday written by Jason Furman, Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, and titled "ObamaCare is Slowing Heath Inflation". [read post]
27 Dec 2013, 9:23 am
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]
15 Oct 2013, 3:54 am
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 Sep 2013, 4:31 am
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]
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]
9 Aug 2012, 9:17 am
That was why the Supreme Court halted capital punishment 40 years ago in its Furman v. [read post]
4 Aug 2012, 5:48 am
"The Affordable Care Act is the largest health care tax cut in history," says Jason Furman, deputy director of the White House National Economic Council. [read post]
10 Apr 2012, 5:46 am
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]
25 Mar 2012, 1:04 am
During the fall of 2010, Lan T. [read post]
12 Jan 2012, 5:43 pm
[Furthermore], the Daily Caller released emails documenting a dialog between the White House and JournoList members which clearly demonstrates that most of the Democrats' own supporters oppose their protectionist plans and recognize them as a dishonest political stunt: Two of the administration’s chief economic advisors, Jared Bernstein, the vice president’s top economist, and Jason Furman, deputy director of the National Economic Council,… [read post]
17 Oct 2011, 7:07 pm
Ezra Klein wrote a follow-up piece to his treatise on the Obama Administration’s decisions and its rationale for those decisions that I commented on a couple of days ago. [read post]
8 Oct 2011, 8:13 am
As Matt Stoller observes, “Rubinites still dominate Democratic policymaking — Larry Summers, Jason Furman, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Gene Sperling are all Rubin acolytes. [read post]
8 Oct 2011, 8:13 am
As Matt Stoller observes, "Rubinites still dominate Democratic policymaking — Larry Summers, Jason Furman, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Gene Sperling are all Rubin acolytes. [read post]
