eschatonblog.com - 12/6/2008
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CNBC tells me that Jared Bernstein will be Biden's chief economist. Didn't know he'd need one, but good choice!
huffingtonpost.com - 12/5/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
Of the 10 expansions since 1949, as measured
from the end of the recession (trough) to the
end of the expansion (peak), the expansion from 2001 through last year ranks last in average growth of GDP, investment, employment growth, and employee ...
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Jared Bernstein: It's Our Turn Now
dailykos.com - 12/6/2008
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dailykos.com —
Looks like the first Kossack has been named
to the new administration--if you don't count Barack Obama
himself. Jared Bernstein has been named chief economist and economic policy advisor to Vice President-Elect Joe Biden. Joe Biden issued a ...
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Jared Bernstein named as Biden economic advisor
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Jared Bernstein Picked to Advise VP Biden: A Back Channel We Can Believe In?
Firedoglake —
To people worried about the seeming centrist tilt (um, wait, can you tilt to the center?) of many of president-elect Barack Obama's appointees, this morning's announcement that FDL Book Salon guest and progressive economist Jared Bernstein had been named VP Joe Biden's top economic adviser should be good news.
Yes, I know that folks like Atrios, Matt Yglesias, and others have raised questions about just how much clout Bernstein will have as the vice president's economic adviser, rather than one of the familiar posts ...
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Your Liberal Media
eschatonblog.com 1/24/2009 — Still happy to run with any Republican horseshit it is fed. Get used to it.
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snappedshot.com 10/15/2008 — Compare and contrast: The official Barack Obama campaign talking points for this evening's debate,
versus:
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Even The Liberal
eschatonblog.com 10/17/2008 — There really was never any doubt about who Fred Hiatt's gang would endorse . The best way to push your center-right agenda is to pretend it's actually a center-left agenda. That's been the racket for as long as I can remember.
The Most Liberal Congress in History?
blogs.princeton.edu 12/14/2008 — There has been a lot of discussion about whether the "liberal" Congress will push President Obama's agenda to the left. Clearly, Republicans raised this fear in the Georgia senate run-off and will certainly run against the liberal Congress in...
The New Liberal Order
time.com 11/18/2008 — The Obama presidency is just the beginning. Why shifting attitudes about government could make Democrats the ruling party for a generation
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blogs.dailymail.com 2/23/2009 — A liberal admits to the racist attitudes of the liberal elites against the “white ethnics” who do the dirty work of earning the money.
Biden taps progressive economist Jared Bernstein as top adviser.
thinkprogress.org 12/5/2008 — Vice President-elect Joseph Biden has just announced that Jared Bernstein , Director of the Living Standards program at the Economic Policy Institute, will fill the new position of Chief Economist and Economic Policy Advisor to the Vice President. ...
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CNN Political Ticker 12/4/2008
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Biden picks economic policy adviser —
First Read 12/5/2008
From NBC's Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro In a nod to the Left, Jared Bernstein will serve as chief economist and economic policy adviser to Vice President-elect Biden , the Obama -Biden transition team announced today. “Jared ...
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