Among the six economic positions announced Monday by the Biden-Harris transition team were four female economists, three of them taking on roles that would make them firsts in terms of gender or race.
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2/ Biden confirmed the news that broke last week that
@JanetYellen, the former chair of the Federal Reserve, will be his nominee for Treasury secretary, making her the first woman to potentially take up the role. https://bit.ly/3qeiCxE pic.twitter.com/qcNxeWi140
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3/ If confirmed, Yellen would also be the first person in history to hold the three most critical economic policymaking roles in the country: Federal Reserve chair, White House Council of Economic Advisers chair, and, now, possibly Treasury secretary. https://bit.ly/3qeiCxE pic.twitter.com/SXUQzj7Bnr
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4/ For director of the Office of Management and Budget, Biden nominated the Center for American Progress’
@neeratanden. If confirmed, Tanden would be the first woman of color and first South Asian American to hold the position.https://bit.ly/3qeiCxE1 reply 0 retweets 2 likesShow this thread -
5/ Labor economist
@CeciliaERouse has been tapped to chair the three-person Council of Economic Advisers, making her the first Black person to vie for the role. https://bit.ly/3qeiCxE pic.twitter.com/Gr7CDf6qZi
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6/ Economist
@HBoushey, president and CEO of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, has been appointed to sit on the Council of Economic Advisers. All but Boushey will need to be confirmed by the Senate. https://bit.ly/3qeiCxE pic.twitter.com/s37SV1IIhC
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7/7 The announcement of Biden's economic team gives an indication of how he plans to tackle the economic recovery, which will inherit record high unemployment and unequal economic disparities that are hurting women and people of color the most.https://bit.ly/3qeiCxE
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