Background
Bernstein, Jared was born on December 26, 1955 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Bernstein, Jared was born on December 26, 1955 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Born to a Jewish-American family, Bernstein graduated with a Bachelor"s degree in Fine Arts from the Manhattan School of Music where he studied double bass with Orin O"Brien. He earned a Master"s degree in Social Work from the Hunter College School of Social Work, and, from Columbia University, he received a Master"s degree in Philosophy and a Doctor of Philosophy in Social Welfare.
From 2009 to 2011, Bernstein was the Chief Economist and Economic Adviser to Vice President Joseph Biden in the Obama Administration. Bernstein"s appointment was considered to represent a progressive perspective and "to provide a strong advocate for workers". Bernstein has taught at Howard University, Columbia University and New York University.
His areas of interest include "federal, state and international economic policies, specifically the middle class squeeze, income inequality and mobility, trends in employment and earnings, low-wage labor markets, poverty, and international comparisons." He is known as a critic of free trade agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (North American Free Trade Agreement).
In 1992, Bernstein started working as a senior official at the Economic Policy Institute (Epidemiology), a liberal think tank with a focus on issues affecting lowand middle-income working people. From 1995 to 1996, he served in the United States Department of Labor as Deputy Chief Economist.
He then returned to the Epidemiology, as senior economist and director of the Living Standards Program, until he was selected by Biden. His designated job on the Vice Presidential staff is a new position, created because of "the critical nature of the economic challenges facing America." 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.
Bernstein sits on the Congressional Budget Office"s Advisory Committee.
He is a contributor at the financial news network Consumer News and Business Channel. He also was appointed Executive Director of the Middle Class Working Families Task Force and is responsible for direct management of the project Paul Krugman, a Nobel laureate in economics and a noted progressive columnist, argued in November 2008 that, given the centrist makeup of President Barack Obama"s economic inner circle, the new Economic Recovery Advisory Board could be used to "give progressive economists a voice," and mentioned Bernstein and fellow Epidemiology economist, and Epidemiology president, Lawrence Mishel among others as progressive economists who might be suitable for the board.
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