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Top White House economist set to depart amid coronavirus recession
By NANCY COOK
06/24/2020 04:26 PM EDT
The acting chair of the CEA will leave Trump without another senior economist as discussions start about a new economic aid package.
The head of the White House Council of Economic Advisers is departing the administration at the end of June, according to a White House official — leaving the president with one fewer senior economist in the middle of a recession.
Tomas Philipson, the acting chairman of the CEA, took over in July 2019 after serving as a member of Trump’s three-person council for almost two years. His background is in health care economics, and he previously served as the professor of public policy at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy to which he will return in the fall, the White House official said.
The former chair, Kevin Hassett, recently returned to the White House for an unpaid assignment to advise the president during the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus. But, he too announced he would soon leave the administration after concluding his temporary gig.
The void left by Hassett, a regular TV presence who is well-liked by the president and top White House aides, along with Philipson will leave the president with fewer economic voices within the upper echelons of the White House, aside from National Economic Director Larry Kudlow and his top trade guru, Peter Navarro. Top administration officials are just starting to discuss another economic aid package as major provisions of the last one expire in June and July.
Tomas Philipson, the acting chairman of the CEA, took over in July 2019 after serving as a member of Trump’s three-person council for almost two years. His background is in health care economics, and he previously served as the professor of public policy at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy to which he will return in the fall, the White House official said.
The former chair, Kevin Hassett, recently returned to the White House for an unpaid assignment to advise the president during the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus. But, he too announced he would soon leave the administration after concluding his temporary gig.
The void left by Hassett, a regular TV presence who is well-liked by the president and top White House aides, along with Philipson will leave the president with fewer economic voices within the upper echelons of the White House, aside from National Economic Director Larry Kudlow and his top trade guru, Peter Navarro. Top administration officials are just starting to discuss another economic aid package as major provisions of the last one expire in June and July.
Read more here: https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/06/24/white-house-economist-depart-coronavirus-recession-338357
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