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Jason Furman

Labor Sep 19, 2019 Snapshot

The American Working Man Still Isn’t Working

Prime-age men’s non-employment in the United States has been creeping upward for decades—from a low of four percent in the 1950s to almost 14 percent today.

Jason Furman

General Motors assembly workers picket during the United Auto Workers (UAW) national strike in Bowling Green, Kentucky, September 2019.

Economics March/April 2019 Essay

Who’s Afraid of Budget Deficits?

It's time for Washington to focus on bigger things.

Jason Furman and Lawrence H. Summers

Budget buster: Trump after signing a tax bill, Washington, D.C., December 2017

Labor July/August 2016 Essay

The Truth About American Unemployment

Fears of a “jobless recovery” have proved unfounded: the U.S. unemployment rate is now lower than it was before the financial crisis of 2008. Yet one aspect of the...

Jason Furman

Iron-working apprentices training in West Virginia, March 2012.

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