Leon H. Keyserling (acting, partial responsibilities)

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Leon H. Keyserling was an American economist and New Deal policy advisor who played a key role in shaping mid-20th-century U.S. economic and social welfare policy.

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instanceOf American economist
New Deal policy advisor
economist
human
appointedBy President Harry S. Truman
surface form: Harry S. Truman
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Columbia University
Harvard Law School
employer United States government
surface form: United States federal government
familyName Keyserling
fieldOfWork economic policy
housing policy
labor economics
macroeconomics
social welfare policy
givenName Leon
ideology Keynesian economics
liberalism
influenced U.S. housing policy
U.S. postwar economic policy
U.S. social welfare policy
full employment legislation in the United States
influencedBy John Maynard Keynes
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English
memberOf Council of Economic Advisers
movement New Deal
nativeLanguage English
notableFor advising New Deal and Fair Deal administrations
advocacy of government intervention to maintain full employment
role in shaping mid-20th-century U.S. economic policy
role in shaping mid-20th-century U.S. social welfare policy
notableWork advocacy of full employment policy in the United States
contributions to the Employment Act of 1946
influence on mid-20th-century U.S. social welfare legislation
occupation economist
lawyer
policy advisor
positionHeld chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
member of the Council of Economic Advisers
sexOrGender male
workLocation Washington, D.C.

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Federal Security Agency notableDirector Leon H. Keyserling (acting, partial responsibilities)
FSA officeHeldBy Leon H. Keyserling (acting, partial responsibilities)
subject surface form: Federal Security Agency
this entity surface form: Leon H. Keyserling (in related planning roles)