Council of Economic Advisors

Stiglitz: Why I Don't Support The Bowles-Simpson Deficit Plan

Politico | JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ | Posted 05.28.2011

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I was asked to sign the letter from a bipartisan group of former chairmen and chairwomen of the Council of Economic Advisers that stresses the importa...

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Obama's Ex-Economic Advisor: Administration 'Shamefully' Ignoring Unemployed

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Tuesday, the Obama administration's former top economic advisor expressed her frustration with the government for not doing enough to help unemploy...

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Christina Romer On How Health Care Reform Will Save Us Money

The Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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Will Stimulus Spending Create New Jobs? We May Never Know

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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

Rob Kall | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rob Kall

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

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Team Obama: Transformation, Transparency & Trust

Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economic Recovery, Council of Economic Advisors, Christina Romer, Melody Barnes, Domestic Policy Council, Timothy Geithner, Joe Biden, National Economic Council, Barack Obama, Secretary of the Treasury, Lawrence Summers, President-Elect Barack Obama, Obama Cabinet, Obama's Cabinet, Politics News
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.

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