Jared Bernstein

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Jared Bernstein

Former Chief Economic Adviser to the Vice President

Jared Bernstein has served as the Chief Economic Adviser to Vice President Joe Biden since January of 2009. He is an expert in the areas of federal, state, and international economic policies, specifically the middle-class squeeze, income inequality and mobility, trends in employment and earnings, low-wage labor markets, poverty, and international comparisons.

Bernstein has been an economist at the Economic Policy Institute since 1992 and is a renowned author of several books and academic treatises on the economy and the middle class. From 1995-1996, he served as Deputy Chief Economist for the Department of Labor under Labor Secretary Robert Reich. Bernstein is on the Congressional Budget Office's advisory committee and has been a contributor to the financial news station CNBC. He has also taught at Howard University, Columbia University and New York University.

He holds a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts from the Manhattan School of Music; a Masters Degree in Social Work from the Hunter School of Social Work; a Masters Degree in Philosophy and Ph.D. in Social Welfare from Columbia University.

Jared Bernstein's Posts

Economy

Recovery Act in Action #8: Jobs in the Heartland

July 23, 2010 at 3:18 PM EDT

Jared Bernstein, Deputy Assistant to the President on Economic Policy, highlights a factory in Indiana that is building hybrid systems that go into energy efficient vehicles and creating manufacturing jobs thanks to the Recovery Act.

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Economy

If It's Working, Keep it Going!

July 12, 2010 at 12:01 PM EDT

Jared Bernstein, Chief Economic Advisor to the Vice President, writes on the need for Congress to renew a successful program that lets states use Recovery Act dollars to pay for part of a new employee’s wages, giving employers a strong incentive to hire unemployed workers.

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Economy

Error-Filled Republican Analysis Misleads On Recovery Act

June 30, 2010 at 5:28 PM EDT

Jared Bernstein, Chief Economic Advisor to the Vice President, debunks an error-filled Republican attack on the Recovery Act.

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Economy

Good Jobs and a Level Playing Field in the Next Recovery

June 17, 2010 at 12:20 PM EDT

Jared Bernstein, Chief Economic Advisor to the Vice President, a growing problem in our labor market: the misclassification of employees as independent contractors (ICs).

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Economy

Get the Facts Straight

June 11, 2010 at 11:50 AM EDT

Jared Bernstein, Chief Economic Advisor to the Vice President debunks a misleading column from David Brooks on the Recovery Act.

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Why Wall Street Reform Matters for the Middle Class

April 28, 2010 at 7:23 PM EDT

Jared Bernstein, Chief Economic Advisor to the Vice President, explains in plain English how Wall Street's problems affect Main Street.

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Economy

Recovery Act in Action #4: A 48C Story

March 24, 2010 at 1:33 PM EDT

Jared Bernstein,Chief Economic Advisor to the Vice President, tells the story of Cree, Inc., America’s foremost producer of LED lighting, and the Recovery Act.

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Economy

So, You Want to Boost Exports? Have I Got a Program for You!

March 15, 2010 at 9:35 AM EDT

Jared Bernstein explains the 48C Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit.

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Economy

Recovery Act in Action, #3: Tracking the Ripples

March 10, 2010 at 5:15 PM EDT

Jared Bernstein explains the ripple effects of the Recovery Act.

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Economy

Hitting the Target

March 2, 2010 at 2:20 PM EDT

Jared Bernstein, Chief Economic Advisor to the Vice President, shows how Recovery Act funds successfully reached the places where they were needed the most.

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