Episode 40: On today’s episode, Dean Baker and Jared Bernstein reflect on Alan Greenspan’s legacy, from his bold full employment experiment in the 1990s to his failure to address financial bubbles. Jared and Dean speculate about what Kevin Warsh’s Fed tenure could mean for workers and policy transparency at the Federal Reserve.

About Jared Bernstein

Jared Bernstein is a veteran economist with expertise in federal and state economic and fiscal policies, income inequality and mobility. He has worked at the Economic Policy Institute and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and was the chief economist and economic adviser to Vice President Joe Biden from 2009 to 2011. He served as chair of Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) under President Biden.

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