Obama Economic Advisers

Peter Orszag, Former Top Obama Adviser, Takes Issue With Critical Book

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.24.2012

WASHINGTON -- One of President Barack Obama's former top advisers is taking issue with his portrayal in a new book exploring the economic team's inter...

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Obama Advisor Pushed For $1.8 Trillion Stimulus

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.14.2012

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WASHINGTON -- As policy pursuits go, none has had more consequence for the Obama administration than the stimulus: Not only did the American Recovery ...

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Immelt To Head Obama Economic Advisory Board

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — More than half the nation disapproves of President Barack Obama's policies to reduce stubbornly high unemployment, a new Ass...

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Obama Hedges On Possible Geithner, Summers Departures

Roll Call | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama hedged Monday on whether he planned to keep Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and economic adviser Larry Summers on his staff...

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Top Obama Administration Economic Jobs Remain Vacant

New York Times | SEWELL CHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama signaled on Friday that he was close to choosing a director for a new consumer bureau, but an array of top jobs that wil...

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Al Hunt: Obama Economic Team Needs To Get Its Act Together

Bloomberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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A year ago, the expectation was that President-elect Barack Obama's economic team would be a smooth- functioning machine, and the outlook was for turb...

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Economic Adviser to the Aristocracy

David Bromwich | Posted 05.25.2011

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One sees in the recent career of Larry Summers how subtle, consistent, and pervasive are the means by which an aristocracy maintains itself.

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Larry Summers in Winter

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.25.2011

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This key economic policymaker is as detached from reality as most of his recent predecessors.

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Plan B On The Big Banks

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama has clearly chosen a path for the economy, and those of us with a different idea about how to work on these issues have to live with the fact that we have lost the debate, for now, inside the administration.

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Vote Out Larry Summers

Naomi Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Summers represents an often overlooked cause of the global financial crisis: Brain Bubbles. Brain Bubbles need to be popped; Larry Summers needs to be stopped!

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Bank Stress Tests: Obama to Meet With Economic Team On Topic

bloomberg.com | Robert Schmidt and Roger Runningen | Posted 05.25.2011

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April 9 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will get a progress report on stress tests at the 19 biggest U.S. banks when he meets tomorrow with his ...

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The New Republic: Free Larry Summers

The New Republic | Posted 05.25.2011

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On a typical day, Larry Summers, the top White House economic adviser, sits in his office overlooking the Rose Garden and receives a near-endless succ...

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Change?

Bernard Rowan | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's time to bring in a new generation of leaders to the White House, not just a new version of the same.

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Obama Holds Press Conference, Meets With Economic Advisers Today

AP | LIZ SIDOTI and NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Barack Obama is signaling a shift in tactics and temperament as he moves from candidate to president-elect, picking sharp-elbowed Wash...

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Campaigns Expand Economic Teams In Response To Crisis

Washington Post | Jonathan Weisman | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Tuesday night, as the federal government was seizing control of insurance giant AIG, Sen. Barack Obama was speeding toward a Hollywood fundraiser. ...

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Obama Huddling With Economic Advisers: Two Bush Officials Join Team

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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***UPDATE*** 4:51pm The AP has more details on Obama's economic meeting today: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Monday blamed "irr...

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