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The Cato Institute hosted a discussion on the impacts of potentially ending the tax exemption for employer-sponsored health insurance. The panelists included economists and Jason Furman, the…

Biden administration officials joined economists, policy makers and business leaders during Semafor News' first annual World Economy Summit in Washington, DC. A variety of topics were discus…

Academic and banking professionals forecast and discussed global inflationary trends, during a virtual event hosted by the American Enterprise Institute. They also debated the role of centra…

Former Obama administration White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jason Furman spoke of the importance of thinking “in a disciplined way about issues, like budget constraints, like …

Jack Lew, treasury secretary during the Obama administration, spoke about the fiscal challenges facing the incoming Biden administration. Secretary Lew talked about his recommendations for h…

The Brookings Institution held a virtual discussion on economic and fiscal policy under the incoming Biden administration and 117th Congress. The panelists, which included former Treasury Se…

The Peterson Institute for International Economics held a panel discussion on the role of the U.S. in rebuilding the global economy after the coronavirus pandemic. Expert speakers included J…

The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis conducted its first hearing to discuss the impact of the virus on jobs and the economy. Economists testified that the pandemic has had…

Policy analysts discussed economic and fiscal trends at an annual conference hosted by the National Association for Business Economics. Topics included global financial stability and product…

A House Judiciary subcommittee held a hearing on how online platforms such as Google and Facebook use consumers' personal data to target advertising and for other economic purposes. Among th…

The Brookings Institution hosted a forum on evidence-based policymaking at the state and local level. This portion of the event included a panel discussion with economics professors and busi…

Economist Dambisa Moyo discussed why democracies around the world were failing to produce economic growth. She was interviewed by Jason Furman, former chair of the Council of Economic Advise…

Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee held a meeting on the Republican tax reform legislation that was being negotiated by House and Senate conferees. House Minority Leade…

Jason Furman, the former economic adviser to President Obama, and Governor Doug Ducey (R-AZ) were among the speakers making remarks on the “hot topics” panel discussion at the 2017 National …

Jason Furman, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, and Deputy Spokesperson Jennifer Friedman briefed reporters on the 2017 Economic Report of the President released that day. Press Sec…

Panelists examined between health care policies and measures of economic prosperity such as wages, labor force participation and national economic growth. Speakers included Jason Furman, cha…

The Center for American Progress, the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality, and the National Employment Law Project hosted a forum on unemployment insurance and its impact on the econ…

Jason Furman spoke with reporters at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast. Among his comments he defended the Obama administration’s decision to weigh in on the Federal Communications Commi…

Obama administration officials, journalists, business leaders, and economists discussed the economic consequences of the criminal justice system. A panel analyzed data from a report by the C…

Jason Furman testified at a hearing on the findings of the annual White House Council of Economic Advisers report, and the Obama administration’s policies for economic growth. Other topics i…