WSJ reporting that Biden has chosen Cecilia Rouse (labor economist who heads @PrincetonSPIA) as CEA chair, backed by CEA members @HBoushey and @econjared. Good picks. wsj.com/articles/biden…
Select factoids from their resumes: Rouse previously served as a member of the CEA under Obama. Has done a LOT of work on education (major issue right now obvi). Her paper best covered by popular press tho is probably one about "blind" orchestra auditions
Boushey has done a ton of work on women in the workforce (whose position is more precarious than usual lately, due to covid). For years she's been running the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, which focuses on inequality
Bernstein is a fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a progressive think tank that focuses on poverty/safety-net issues. He writes & speaks a lot about labor issues. He's a long-time Biden adviser -- was Biden's top economist when Biden was VP
In general, it'll be a very labor-heavy CEA
my colleagues @AnnieLinskey & @JStein_WaPo have also reported these CEA picks + names of other senior Biden admin officials washingtonpost.com/politics/biden…
Among the other senior aides being reported: Neera Tanden for OMB director. Tanden has run the liberal Center for American Progress for about the past decade, has long history of various positions advising Democratic politicians (prob most closely identified with Clintons).
Many in the far-left seem to hate her but having her helming budget agency seems good for the progressive agenda. No budget hawk, she has advocated for generous covid relief + expansion of social safety net democracyjournal.org/magazine/a-new…
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