Jason Furman Speaking Fee: $30,000 to $50,000
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Available Upon Request
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Economy
Jason Furman Speaker Profile: At A Glance
Jason Furman is a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, which he joined in January 2017. He is also professor of the practice of economic policy jointly at the Harvard Kennedy School and the department of economics at Harvard University. He served as a top economic adviser to President Barack Obama, and helped make the Council of Economic Advisers a thought leader on a wide range of topics including labor markets, competition policy, and macroeconomics.
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