Jared Bernstein

Jared Bernstein (born December 26, 1955) is an American economist and government official, who was the chair of the United States Council of Economic Advisers from July 2023 until the end of the Presidency of Joe Biden.

From 2009 to 2011, Bernstein was chief economist and economic adviser to Vice President Joe Biden in the Obama administration. Bernstein was a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

In February 2023, President Joe Biden nominated Bernstein to serve as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. He was ceremonially sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris on July 10, 2023.

Early life and education Bernstein grew up in a musical family wanting to be a musician, starting a band with friends. 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. Throughout the '80s, Bernstein was a mainstay on the jazz scene in New York City. He is of Jewish descent.

He also 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.

Career Bernstein in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 1, 2022 Bernstein has taught at Howard University, Columbia University, and New York University.

He is known as a critic of free trade agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

In 1992, Bernstein started working as a senior official at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a liberal think tank with a focus on issues affecting low- and middle-income working people. Upon his appointment, some journalists claimed that it "contrasts sharply with the more centrist views of many of president-elect Barack Obama's economic advisers."

Biden administration On September 5, 2020, Bernstein became a member of the advisory council of the Biden-Harris Transition Team, which was planning the presidential transition of Joe Biden. Subsequently, President Joe Biden selected Bernstein to serve on the Council of Economic Advisers in January 2021.

In February 2023, Bernstein was nominated as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers by President Biden, replacing Cecilia Rouse.

On May 11, 2023, the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs advanced Bernstein's nomination by a 12–11 vote. On June 13, 2023, the United States Senate invoked cloture on Bernstein's nomination by a 50–49 vote. He was confirmed later that day by a 50–49 vote. He coauthored the last nine editions of The State of Working America, an ongoing analysis published since 1988 by the Economic Policy Institute, as well as coauthoring The Benefits of Full Employment: When Markets Work for People, where he states that "ow unemployment by itself cannot address all the inequities in society," and advocates that "ther forms of intervention are still needed to assist disadvantaged populations."

He 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.