Jason Furman (born August 18, 1970) is an American economist and professor at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government[1] and a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

He also serves as a Trustee of the Russell Sage Foundation and on the advisory boards for the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, the Bund Summit, the Hamilton Project and the Washington Center for Equitable Growth.

[9] His PhD thesis advisor was Greg Mankiw, who had served as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under the administration of George W. Bush.

At the outset of the election, Furman joined the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) where he was credited with helping defeat the privatization of Social Security proposed by the George W. Bush administration.

In this role, he was one of the architects of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, including stimulus-spending initiatives to benefit the poor as well as business tax incentives.

[22] During his tenure as chairman, Furman played a role in advancing economic debates and public policies around tax reform, competition,[23] artificial intelligence and innovation,[24] and investment issues.