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Obama Economic Plan To Discourage Outsourcing, Reward 'Insourcing'

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 01.25.2012

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WASHINGTON -- On the heels of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, senior economic advisers to the president on Wednesday shared more ...

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Solyndra Investor Had Three White House Meetings on Energy Policy

The Sunlight Foundation | Posted 12.04.2011

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This post was written by Bill Allison, editorial director of the Sunlight Foundation. George B. Kaiser, the Obama campaign bundler and Tulsa oilman w...

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White House Advisor Named Dean Of CU Law School

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 08.03.2011

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The University of Colorado Boulder announced that Philip Weiser, senior advisor for technology and innovation to the National Economic Council at the ...

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WATCH: Summers Dismisses Idea Of Regulating Financial Instruments (WATCH)

HuffingtonPost.com | Maxwell Strachan | Posted 06.13.2011

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Depending on who you ask, regulation is either a hindrance to the global economy or our only hope against global economic collapse. Safe to say Larry ...

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The Corporate Tax Simplification Delusion

Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Larry Summers, Groupthink, National Economic Council, Obama Tax Cuts, Barack Obama, Business News

If the dogged faith in simplicity ends up trumping efforts to reshape the corporate tax code as a driver of innovation and U.S. competitiveness, it will result in less, not more growth and jobs.

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Obama Pick For Top Economic Post Hailed By Business For Pragmatism, Deal-Making

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gene Sperling, the Treasury official widely expected to take over as President Obama's chief economic adviser, is the sort of figure who has been arou...

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Gene Sperling, Leading NEC Director Candidate, Earned $900K From Goldman Sachs

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Robert Rubin, Economic Crisis, Business News, Larry Summers, National Economic Council, Gene Sperling, Citigroup, Business News

Gene Sperling, a leading contender for a top economic post in the White House, made millions on Wall Street even as the economy faltered. The adviser...

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Possible Larry Summers Replacements Said To Be Narrowed To 3

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Rubin, Bill Clinton, Richard Levin, Economic Crisis, Business News, Larry Summers, Timothy Geithner, National Economic Council, Gene Sperling, Larry Summers Replacements, Roger Altman, Business News

As Larry Summers nears the end of his term as director of the National Economic Council, the list of potential replacements has been whittled down to ...

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Summers, Unapologetic To The Bitter End

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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In his final public remarks as head of President Obama's National Economic Council on Monday morning, Larry Summers, to no one's surprise, had nothin...

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Robert Shiller: Job-Creation Stimulus On Levin's 'Agenda'

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yale President Richard Levin, who is reportedly being considered for an economic post in the Obama administration, believes the government should give...

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Yale President Richard Levin Might Call For Second Stimulus, As Top Economic Adviser

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

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There are hints that Yale President Richard Levin could soon assume a top economic advisory job in the White House, a move that would suggest an ideol...

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Will We Finally Get a Seat at the Table? Help Pick a Replacement for Larry Summers

David Segal | Posted 05.25.2011

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There are countless progressive economists who advocate for higher minimum wages, tighter financial regulation, fair trade agreements, and an economy that generally works for you and me.

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Restoring the Balance

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wall Street, Economics, Tim Geithner, Rob Johnson, Leo Hindery, Jobs, Larry Summers, National Economic Council, Macroeconomics, Politics News

Picking a new head for the National Economic Council is an important moment for the president's rapidly realigning White House staff. It is an opportu...

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Restoring the Balance

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economics, Wall Street, Rob Johnson, Tim Geithner, Leo Hindery, Larry Summers, Jobs, National Economic Council, Macroeconomics, Politics News

Picking a new head for the National Economic Council is an important moment for the president's rapidly realigning staff. The old economic models are broken, and a little entrepreneurial populism is exactly what is needed.

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Why Should We Care About Housing?

Tom Silva | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Wealth Effect, President Barack Obama, Mortgage Originations, Fannie Mae, Local Initiatives Support Corporations, Housing Reform, Federal Housing Administration, Freddie Mac, Gdp, Hud, Financial Crisis, National Economic Council, Alan Greenspan, Financial Regulation, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Politics News

The Obama administration - fresh on the heels of its financial regulation reform legislative victory - has now set its sights on the housing market. P...

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Replacing Summers: Will Obama Please Wall Street or Struggling Americans?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

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After two years of governing a country locked in economic misery, you'd hope that Obama and his economic team would've learned that what matters isn't the economic team's resume or what "signals are sent" to Wall Street.

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Progressive Economists Offer Their Suggestions To Replace Larry Summers: 'No More Rubinites'

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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Progressive economists have one piece of advice for President Barack Obama when it comes to replacing top economic adviser Larry Summers: No more Robe...

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Jobs Should Come First

Richard Trumka | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Social Security, Unemployment, Work, John Boehner, Economy, Jobs, Larry Summers, Congress, Working Families, National Economic Council, Unions, Senate, Richard Trumka, Politics News

Could Senate Republicans deliver a harsher slap in the face to working families than heading out for a holiday recess after repeatedly blocking unemployment aid for hard-working people who've had their jobs taken away?

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White House CEO List

politico.com | EAMON JAVERS | | Posted 05.25.2011

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The White House has made a quiet but extensive effort to reach out to corporate executives in a series of dinners and lunches at the White House with ...

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Larry Summers: Cutting Unemployment Could Take Years

Yahoo! News | Alister Bull | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Addressing 10.2 percent unemployment is a matter of very great urgency. It is not something that is going to be fixed in a week, or a month, or a yea...

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Bank Of America Had Early White House Support On Merrill Lynch Deal

washingtonpost.com | Zachary A. Goldfarb | Posted 05.25.2011

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Top economic advisers to President Obama signed off on a deal to protect Bank of America from losses incurred by its purchase of failed Wall Street fi...

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Summers Criticizes Bailed Out Banks For Not Lending More, Says Economic Recovery Pace 'In Doubt'

bloomberg.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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White House National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers chastised some banks that received government aid for not doing enough to reduce forec...

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Summers: Economy Has Moved Back From Catastrophe

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's top economic adviser has new cause for optimism. Back in January, Lawrence Summers said, Google searches f...

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Volker, Summers Tangled In a Power Struggle

Bloomberg | Robert Schmidt and Julianna Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Paul Volcker has grown increasingly frustrated over delays in setting up the economic advisory group President Barack Obama pick...

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'Yes We Can' Create a Sane Food Policy in the U.S.

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charlie Stenholm, Whole Foods, Time Magazine, Pew Foundation, Center for Public Integrity, John Carlin, Pew Commission, Larry Summers, Joe Klein, Barack Obama, Clinton Administration, Farm Bill, Michael Pollan, John Salazar, Colin Peterson, Union of Concerned Scientists, Dwight Eisenhower, Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture, John Podesta, Rosa DeLauro, Obama Transition, National Economic Council, Eric Schlosser, Bill Moyers, Politics News

In January, we will have a president who understands and cares about the broader implications of our food policy. This will be an impressive first.

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