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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.

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An Historic Meeting at the White House with Memphis Sanitation Workers

Eight survivors of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike visited the White House recently, bringing their memories of that struggle and of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Jared Bernstein writes about their visit.
April 29, 2011 at 2:04 PM ET

You've Got A Friend In the Trend

Jared Bernstein, Chief Economic Advisor to the Vice President, takes a different look at private sector jobs gains and losses over the last three years.
March 4, 2011 at 2:43 PM ET

What Have You Learned from ARRA, Dorothy?

Jared Bernstein, Chief Economic Advisor to the Vice President, lays out the history of the Recovery Act.
February 17, 2011 at 6:25 PM ET

A Budget that Meets Two Goals

The 2012 Budget makes tough but necessary choices that put our nation on a sustainable fiscal path, and invests wisely to ensure economic opportunity for working Americans.
February 16, 2011 at 3:16 PM ET

Tax Cut Facts: How Obama’s Tax Cuts Are Helping American Families

Jared Bernstein, Chief Economic Advisor to the Vice President, discusses widely underestimated benefits of President Obama's tax cuts.
October 21, 2010 at 1:09 PM ET

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