Interview with Jason Furman (Harvard University, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama) Jason Furman is the Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy jointly at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and the Department of Economics at Harvard University. Previously, Jason was the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under President…
Michael Strain
Interview with Michael Strain (Director of Economic Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute) Michael R. Strain is the director of Economic Policy Studies and the Arthur F. Burns Scholar in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute. His research and writing span a wide range of areas, including labour markets, public finance, social policy, and macroeconomics….
Larry Summers
Interview with Larry Summers (Harvard University, Secretary of the Treasury under President Clinton and Director of the National Economic Council under President Obama) Lawrence H Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University. He previously served as the Secretary of the Treasury for President Clinton, Director of the National Economic Council for President Obama…
Lael Brainard
Interview with Lael Brainard (Director of the National Economic Council under President Biden) Lael Brainard served as the Director of the National Economic Council from 2023 to 2025 under President Biden. Before that, she served on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 2014 to 2023, including as Vice Chair starting in…
Karen Dynan
Interview with Karen Dynan (Harvard University, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy under President Obama) Karen Dynan is a Professor of Practice in the Harvard University Department of Economics and at the Harvard Kennedy School. She previously served as Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy and Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of the…
Julie Su
Interview with Julie Su (Assistant Secretary, then Acting Secretary of Labor under Joe Biden) Julie Su was the Acting Secretary for Labor under President Biden between 2023-2025. Prior to serving in the Cabinet, she served as the Deputy Secretary of Labor, and before that as the California Labor Secretary under Governor Gavin Newsom between 2019-2021….
Jonas Nahm
Interview with Jonas Nahm (Senior Economist for Industrial Strategy on Council of Economic Advisers under President Biden) Jonas Nahm was the Senior Economist for Industrial Strategy on the Council of Economic Advisers at the White House between 2023 – 2024 under President Biden. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of…
Jonah Wagner
Interview with Jonah Wagner (Chief Strategist at the US Department of Energy Loan Programs Office, and Principal Assistant Director for Clean Energy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy under President Biden) Jonah Wagner is former Chief Strategist at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office, and former Principal Assistant…
Jared Bernstein
Interview with Jared Bernstein (Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under Joe Biden) Jared Bernstein served as the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers between 2023-2025 under President Biden. Previously, he served as a member of the Biden CEA and was chief economist to then- Vice President Biden in the Obama Administration between…
Heather Boushey
Interview with Heather Boushey (Member of the Council of Economic Advisers, and Chief Economist of the Invest in America Cabinet under President Biden) Heather Boushey served on the Council of Economic Advisers from 2021-2025 under President Biden. She was previously the President & CEO and co-founder of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. She previously…