yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 12/5/2008
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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 Economic Policy Advisor to the Vice President. ...
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Biden taps progressive economist Jared Bernstein as top adviser.
Think Progress —
... is a renowned progressive economist, with expertise on the middle-class squeeze, income inequality and mobility, low-wage labor markets, and poverty. In May, Bernstein wrote on Huffington Post that it’s ...
Jared Bernstein Picked to Advise VP Biden: A Back Channel We Can Believe In?
Firedoglake —
... , 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 formulating policy for the top guy, but I think that in some ways, this may be more of a feature than a bug. ...
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