Jason Furman

Jason Furman (born 1970) is a senior economic adviser to Senator Barack Obama's 2008 campaign for President of the United States. [ [http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jun/11/nation/na-furman11 Obama's selection of Jason Furman as economic advisor is criticized - Los Angeles Times] ]

Furman served as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy in the Clinton Administration. He is a Visiting Scholar at New York University's Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. [ [http://wagner.nyu.edu/faculty/facultyDetail.php?whereField=facultyID&whereValue=323 Jason Furman NYU Wagner] ] He has been a visiting lecturer at Columbia and Yale Universities. In addition, he served as a Staff Economist at the Council of Economic Advisers, Senior Economic Adviser to the Chief Economist of the World Bank, and Director of Economic Policy for the Kerry-Edwards campaign. Furman has conducted research and policy work on issues that include taxes, health care and Social Security.

Furman worked most recently as a budget expert at the Brookings Institution heading the Hamilton Project, an economic policy research group that develops policy proposals to achieve shared economic growth. [ [http://www.brookings.edu/experts/furmanj.aspx Jason Furman - Brookings Institution] ]

Furman received his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. He has worked together with former Clinton Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin.

Furman is often parodied on the Glenn Beck Program as Obama advisor "Honkey Whitesville," a recurring call-in guest portrayed by Steve Burguiere.

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