Council of Economic Advisors

Christina Romer On How Health Care Reform Will Save Us Money

The Washington Post | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics


Yesterday, I wrote a couple of posts on the report issued by the White House's Council of Economic Advisers laying out "The Economic Case for Health R...

Will Stimulus Spending Create New Jobs? We May Never Know

ProPublica | Posted 06.20.2009 | Business


ProPublica

Why can't we just add up the numbers from these reports to find an aggregate number of jobs created by stimulus spending? There are several problems with this, according to the report.

The New Republic: Free Larry Summers

The New Republic | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics


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...

Team Obama: Transformation, Transparency & Trust

Christine Pelosi | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics


Christine Pelosi

This team inspires trust due to their credentials, experience, and unity around Obama's core economic philosophy -- that America is built on a strong, vibrant, thriving middle class.

Obama Appoints Berkeley Professor Christina Romer to Chair Council of Economic Advisers

Rob Kall | Posted 12.25.2008 | Business


Rob Kall

Romer wrote, if not the book, at least the chapter for Encyclopedia Britannica on the Great Depression.