When asked by Glenn Hubbard, dean of The Columbia Business School and former
Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors under President George W.
Jason Furman,
chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, said the ACA has contributed to slowing growth in overall health spending.
My closest colleague in that failed endeavor was Jason Furman -- now the
Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors in the White House.
remains incomplete, and the president will continue to do everything he can to support the recovery, either by acting through executive action or by working with Congress on steps that would boost growth and speed job creation," said Jason Furman, the
chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors.
He was previously
chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors and President Reagan's chief economic advisor.
Newly appointed
Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors Ben Bernanke's seat is open.
Herbert Stein, former
chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors and Murray Foss, a former director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the U.S.
Herbert Stein, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and former
Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors for both former Presidents Nixon and Ford, last week wrote that the President's economic program is "probably the most far-reaching effort ever made by a President to control the federal budget deficit.
Earlier this year, Michael Boskin,
chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, announced a plan to increase funding of several major statistical agencies by $30 million in order to improve the collection and analysis of information like inflation rates, productivity statistics, and trade between firms in various industries (a competitive statistic that the Japanese currently measure better than the Americans).
According to Michael Boskin,
chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, this transfer of resources was "capable of producing a major drop in the national savings rate." More recently, Social Security was partially funded and is building a trust fund to help pay for the retirement of the baby boom generation.
Jason Furman,
chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, said, "Economic growth was solid in the fourth quarter, a testament to the resilience of American businesses and families.
But Furman, the
chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, warned that the government shutdown that saw hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed last month would hurt future growth.