Bharat Ramamurti

Senior Advisor for Economic Strategy, American Economic Liberties Project

Washington, DC

@BharatRamamurti

Experience

  • White House National Economic Council (Biden administration)
  • Congressional Oversight Commission for the CARES Act
  • U.S. Senate
  • Warren for President

Expertise

  • U.S. economic policy
  • Federal budget and fiscal policy
  • Competition and anti-trust
  • A.I. and technology industry regulation

Education

  • Yale Law School, J.D.
  • Harvard College, A.B.

Recent Coverage


JUN 7, 2024

Wall Street Journal | At End of Trump Tax Cuts, Progressives See Leverage to Target the Rich

“Democrats are in a position to isolate the fight on taxing the rich and corporations, an issue on which they have a really strong advantage,” said Bharat Ramamurti, a former Biden White House aide who recently met with congressional progressives about the coming tax debate.


JUN 6, 2024

New York Times | Whose Fault Is Inflation? Liberals Want Biden to Blame Big Business.

Mr. Biden has carefully targeted his arguments about corporate pricing to evidence provided to him by his economic team, said Bharat Ramamurti, a former deputy director of Mr. Biden’s National Economic Council.

“Maybe that ends up in something that is slightly more reserved,” Mr. Ramamurti said. But when it comes to price gouging, he said, “I think he’s been pretty full-throated in calling it out when he sees it, and when the economic data supports it.”


JAN 11, 2024

New York Times | Biden Takes Aim at Grocery Chains Over Food Prices

“It’s hard to figure out what the short-term policy response is in this situation,” said Bharat Ramamurti, a former economic aide to Mr. Biden and an author of a report on grocery-price inflation that the progressive Groundwork Collaborative in Washington published on Friday.

“When you have something that is driven in part by supply disruptions, what can you actually do to put downward pressure on prices?” he said.


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About Bharat

Bharat Ramamurti served as Deputy Director of the National Economic Council and Advisor for Strategic Economic Communications in the Biden-Harris Administration. In that role, he helped shape the Administration’s economic message, worked with Congress to secure the enactment of several landmark pieces of economic legislation, and helped lead the Administration’s efforts on student debt, competition policy, broadband, artificial intelligence, social media platforms, financial regulation, and more. Before joining the Administration, he was appointed as a Member of the Congressional Oversight Commission for the CARES Act by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. He previously served as the top banking and economic policy advisor for Senator Elizabeth Warren, including during her presidential campaign. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School.