1. Jared Bernstein was born on December 26,1955 and is an American government official who was the chair of the United States Council of Economic Advisers.
20 Facts About Jared Bernstein
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Jared Bernstein is a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
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From 2009 to 2011, Bernstein was the chief economist and economic adviser to Vice President Joe Biden in the Obama administration.
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In February 2023, President Joe Biden nominated Jared Bernstein to serve as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers.
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Jared Bernstein was confirmed to be chair on June 13,2023.
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Jared Bernstein was ceremonially sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris on July 10,2023.
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Jared Bernstein grew up in a musical family wanting to be a musician, starting a band with friends.
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Jared Bernstein graduated with a bachelor's degree in music from the Manhattan School of Music where his first double bass teacher was Orin O'Brien.
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Jared Bernstein earned a Master of Social Work from Hunter College as well as a Doctor of Social Work in social welfare from Columbia University's school of social work in 1994.
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Jared Bernstein has taught at Howard University, Columbia University, and New York University.
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Jared Bernstein is known as a critic of free trade agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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In 1992, Jared Bernstein started working as a senior official at the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal think tank with a focus on issues affecting low- and middle-income working people.
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Jared Bernstein then returned to the EPI, as senior economist and director of the Living Standards Program, until he was selected by Biden.
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Jared Bernstein is a contributor at the financial news network CNBC.
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Jared Bernstein was appointed executive director of the Middle Class Working Families Task Force and is responsible for direct management of the project.
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On September 5,2020, Jared Bernstein became a member of the advisory council of the Biden-Harris Transition Team, which was planning the presidential transition of Joe Biden.
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Subsequently, President Joe Biden selected Jared Bernstein to serve on the Council of Economic Advisers in January 2021.
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In February 2023, Jared Bernstein was nominated as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers by President Biden, replacing Cecilia Rouse.
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Jared Bernstein is a regular columnist for The American Prospect online, a contributor to the CNBC financial news television network, and an op-ed writer in the New York Times and the Washington Post.
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Jared Bernstein has written Diary entries on the Daily Kos website.