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Biden taps progressive economist Jared Bernstein as top adviser.
thinkprogress.org - 12/5/2008
Biden taps progressive economist Jared Bernstein as top adviser.
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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. Bernstein is a renowned progressive economist ...
voices.washingtonpost.com - 12/5/2008
Biden Picks Jared Berstein as Economic Adviser
— voices.washingtonpost.com — By Michael D. Shear Jared Bernstein, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, will serve as the... chief economic adviser to Vice President Joseph Biden, providing a strong advocate for workers in the White House. Biden announced the appointment ... (more) Biden Picks Jared Berstein as Economic Adviser

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huffingtonpost.com - 12/5/2008
Jared Bernstein: It's Our Turn Now
— 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 ... (more) Jared Bernstein: It's Our Turn Now

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dailykos.com - 12/6/2008
Jared Bernstein named as Biden economic advisor
— 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 ... (more) Jared Bernstein named as Biden economic advisor

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Political Animal — ... will be an invaluable asset to the Obama-Biden Administration," said Vice President-elect Joe Biden. "It's an honor to have him on my team and I look forward to his advice and counsel." Bernstein is known for being an accomplished scholar, author, and economist at the Economic Policy Institute, but let's also not forget that Bernstein has been a great blogger, contributing to TPM Cafe , the Huffington Post , and back in the day, MaxSpeak. In fact, Amanda Terkel reminds us of this great Bernstein post from earlier this year. Regarding the variables ...

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yglesias.thinkprogress.org 12/5/2008 — Jared Bernstein, a first-rate guy with what I’d say is a clearly more left-wing orientation than the members of the Obama economic team that have been announced thus far, was just announced for the new position of Chief Economist and ...
A Liberal!
eschatonblog.com 12/6/2008 — CNBC tells me that Jared Bernstein will be Biden's chief economist. Didn't know he'd need one, but good choice!
A Biden economist — Ben Smith's Blog
Joe Biden just announced the hire of a chief economist and economic policy advisor, one of the leading Washington spokesmen for a liberal, pro-labor economic stance, Jared Bernstein. Bernstein, of the Economic Policy Institute, has been positioned to the left of most of Obama's team on big ...
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 ...
Jared Bernstein: Biden's Economic Policy Adviser — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
CHICAGO — Vice President-elect Joe Biden on Friday named Jared Bernstein as his chief economic policy adviser, a new post created as the nation faces a recession. Bernstein, a senior economist at the liberal Economic Policy Institute, has been an informal economic adviser to ...
Jared Bernstein: Biden's Economic Policy Adviser — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
CHICAGO — Vice President-elect Joe Biden on Friday named Jared Bernstein as his chief economic policy adviser, a new post created as the nation faces a recession. Bernstein, a senior economist at the liberal Economic Policy Institute, has been an informal economic adviser to ...
Jared Bernstein named as Biden economic advisor — Daily Kos
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 statement this morning explaining his appointment: ...
Too Big To Fail — Swampland
On the same day that he was appointed to be an economic adviser to Joe Biden, the economist Jared Bernstein, an economist at the liberal Economic Policy Institute, has penned an overview of the latest jobless numbers. His is not a conservative view. Policy makers must recognize this ...
Biden Picks Jared Berstein as Economic Adviser — 44
By Michael D. Shear Jared Bernstein, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, will serve as the chief economic adviser to Vice President Joseph Biden, providing a strong advocate for workers in the White House. Biden announced the appointment today, calling Bernstein "an acclaimed ...
TPM Blogger Makes Good! — Talking Points Memo
Biden taps economist and ... how can we not say it ... frequent TPMCafe blogger Jared Bernstein as his chief economics advisor.
Biden Appoints Jared Bernstein As Chief Economic Policy Adviser To VP — The Atlantic Politics Channel
Jared Bernstein is a highly qualified economist; he is affiliated with the Economic Policy Institute . If that doesn't ring any bells, well... KLANG KLANG KLANG.  The EPI one of the nation's premiere left-leaning economics enterprises and is funded in part by labor unions. ...
Biden Adds New Economic Post — Real Clear Politics - TIME.com
Vice President-elect Biden has added a new post to the VP's Office: Chief Economist and Economic Policy Adviser to the Vice President. For that role, Biden named today Jared Bernstein, an economist...
Veep to Get Own Economic Adviser — The Page by Mark Halperin
Incoming VP Biden announces a new position-- chief economist and economic policy adviser to the vice president. Position is created "given the critical nature of the economic challenges facing America." Read full release. Economist Jared Bernstein named to the post. ...
Biden picks Bernstein as his economic adviser (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - Vice President-elect Joe Biden on Friday named Jared Bernstein as his chief economic policy adviser, a new post created as the nation faces a recession.
Biden picks economic policy adviser — First Read
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 ...
Biden Picks Jared Bernstein as His Top Economics Adviser — WSJ.com: Washington Wire
Brad Haynes reports on the transition. Vice President-elect Joe Biden picked Jared Bernstein ,a prominent liberal economist, as his top economic adviser. Bernstein expands the new administration’s chorus of economists with a voice clearly to ...