Jason Furman

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Professor of Practice at Harvard. Teaches Ec 10, some tweets might be educational. Also Senior Fellow @PIIE. Was Chairman of President Obama's CEA.

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Jason Furman @jasonfurman · Aug 3, 2023

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Catching up on some economics books, this time @tylercowen's Big Business. Overall excellent and surprisingly balanced, he lists many of the downsides of big business but puts them in the context of all of the many benefits they provide.

Book Apr 9, 2019

Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero

by Tyler Cowen

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Jason Furman @jasonfurman · May 14, 2022

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Actually the economists who pay the most attention to market power do not think that it is playing a major role in inflation. See for example @ThomasPHI2.

Tweet Jan 4, 2022

1/n. My take on this question of monopoly power and inflation: two things are true at the same time: 1/ The proximate cause for inflation is not a sudden increase in monopoly power. 2/ High demand and inflation suggest now is a good time to crack dow

by Thomas Philippon

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