Policy experts are free to represent their Administration. But, like generals testifying before Congress, I believe they also have a responsibility to lay the facts out fully before the American people.
David Sirota | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics
We must realize that while elections are important, constant pressure against both parties has always been the only force that makes real progress.
Bob Greenstein | Posted 06.25.2008 | Business
Does Jason Furman, the Obama campaign's new economic policy coordinator, really favor privatizing Social Security and cutting corporate taxes? Nonsense.
New York Sun | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics
As the new economic policy director on Senator Obama's presidential bid, Jason Furman will have to juggle the competing demands of labor leaders, corp...
Mayhill Fowler | Posted 06.21.2008 | Home
Furman as chief economic adviser tells us little about Obama economics but much about Obama. Furman is young and smart and he actually told the press that "Bush has had some bad luck with the economy."
HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama faces the difficult task of shifting his message away from the primary electorate to general election voters, while avoiding angering the...
The New York Times | LOUIS UCHITELLE | Posted 06.20.2008 | Business
Acting quickly after securing his party's presidential nomination, Barack Obama picked a well-known representative of Bill Clinton's economic policies...
The Huffington Post | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama has announced his new campaign director of economic policy, Jason Furman, and already the decision is causing a bit of debate among progr...
Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics