Jason Furman
Jason Furman is the Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy jointly at Harvard Kennedy School and the Department of Economics at Harvard University, where he co-teaches Ec10 “Principles of Economics,” the largest course at the university. He is also a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Furman is a distinguished economist with a remarkable career spanning academia, public service, and policy advising. He engages in public policy through research, writing and teaching in a wide range of areas including U.S. and international macroeconomics, fiscal policy, labor markets and competition policy. Furman served eight years as a top economic advisor to President Obama, where he played a major role in most of the major economic policies of the Obama Administration. He is a member of numerous organizations and has authored numerous articles in scholarly journals and periodicals.
Jason Furman Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy
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Principal Deputy Director and Assistant to the President
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Deputy Director and Deputy Assistant to the President
Academic History
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Ph.D., Economics
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M.A., Government
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M.Sc., Economics
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B.A., Social Sciences
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Member, Group of Thirty
Member, Economic Strategy Group
Trustee, Russell Sage Foundation
Advisory Board, Bund Summit
Advisory Board, Hamilton Project
Advisory Board, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
Advisory Board, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Furman was the 28th Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, serving as the administration's Chief Economist and a member of the Cabinet.
He has served since the beginning of the administration, initially holding the position of Principal Deputy Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the President.
He was also an Economic Policy Director for the former President's campaign in 2008 and a member of the Presidential transition team.
He also worked at both the Council of Economic Advisers and National Economic Council during the Clinton administration and also at the World Bank.
Furman's research offers critical insights into the macroeconomic challenges that are shaping our world, from monetary tightening in advanced economies to fiscal pressures in developing nations.
He was a Director of the Hamilton Project and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and also has served in visiting positions at various universities, including NYU’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Policy.
Currently, his work focuses on some of the most pressing issues in economics: inflation dynamics, labor market transformations, fiscal sustainability, and the evolving global economic order.