Jason Furman

Jason Furman is the Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard University, jointly in the Kennedy School and Department of Economics. He directs the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard Kennedy School. From 2013 to 2017, he served as the 28th Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama, functioning as the President's chief economist and a cabinet member. He previously spent eight years as a senior economic adviser in the Obama White House. His research covers U.S.