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Austan Goolsbee Want to know a bit more about Austan Gooslbee, the newly appointed chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers? Straight from the horse’s mouth, here’s a…
The former chairman of the Obama administration’s Council of Economic Advisors tells Steve how improv comedy was a better training ground for teaching than a Ph.D. from M.I.T., and why…
Austan Goolsbee Want to know a bit more about Austan Gooslbee, the newly appointed chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers? Straight from the horse’s mouth, here’s a…
…written in the past about Goolsbee here.) Will’s piece contains Goolsbee’s interesting take on imports from China and elsewhere, with facts that I am sure most Americans don’t know: As…
Austan Goolsbee Two weeks ago, we solicited your questions for White House economist Austan Goolsbee. You will find his answers below. Among the highlights: no, the Obama administration is not…
Austan Goolsbee Many readers of this blog are well familiar with Austan Goolsbee, a colleague of Levitt’s at the University of Chicago who is currently serving in Washington on the…
I just caught this (with a Tivo-induced lag) — Austan Goolsbee on Monday’s Colbert Report: The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Austan Goolsbee www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full…
From the shy and retiring (not!) Austan Goolsbee: Note: updated headline reflects new understanding of “Retweet” volume….
Two excellent articles about Milton Friedman’s legacy by Brad Delong in Salon.com and my colleague Austan Goolsbee in the New York Times. Friedman published his first academic paper that I…
Three former White House economists weigh in on the new tax bill. A sample: “The overwhelming evidence is that the trickle-down, magic-beanstalk beans argument — that’s just nonsense.”
Corporations around the world are consolidating like never before. If it’s good enough for companies, why not countries? Welcome to Amexico!
Congress just passed the biggest aid package in modern history. We ask six former White House economic advisors and one U.S. Senator: Will it actually work? What are its best…
…people hadn’t thought to do either before. Let’s hope that Goolsbee keeps the billion dollar ideas coming. As Barack Obama‘s head economic adviser, there is a real chance that Goolsbee…
…be your lover of last resort. #FedValentines Austan Goolsbee @Austan_Goolsbee: Roses are red. Violets are pink. Don’t listen to goldbugs. No one cares what they think. Austan Goolsbee @Austan_Goolsbee: Roses…
…it last summer, here’s one account of the internal White House clash (Larry Summers vs. Austan Goolsbee) over whether Chrysler should have been rescued: Mr. Goolsbee and Mr. Summers also…
Kevin Hassett, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, explains the thinking behind the controversial new Republican tax package — and why its critics are wrong. (Next week, we’ll hear…
University of Chicago economists have a reputation for being outspoken, libertarian, and conservative. My good friend and Chicago colleague Austan Goolsbee, who has been advising Barack Obama on economic policy…
…country. You’ll also hear from Krueger’s predecessor in the job, Austan Goolsbee, who’s now back at the University of Chicago. I asked Goolsbee how big a problem financial illiteracy really…
…central concern for many voters as the 2012 election unfurls. In this Marketplace segment, you’ll hear from Austan Goolsbee, the University of Chicago economist who has served President Obama as…
How much does the President of the United States really matter? And: where did all the hitchhikers go? A pair of “attribution errors.” This is a “mashupdate” of “How Much…
…There were Larry Summers, Peter Orszag, Christina Romer, and Austan Goolsbee; and don’t forget Tim Geithner and Paul Volcker, neither of whom are Ph.D. economists, but neither of whom are…
Panelists Austan Goolsbee and Angela Duckworth consult with contestants during the Wheel of Maximum Danger round. (Photo: Lucy Sutton) A study of Roomba owners by the Georgia Institute of Technology…
Most industries have become more productive over time. But not construction! We identify the causes — and possible solutions. (Can you say … “prefab”?)…
Cecilia Rouse, the chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors, is as cold-blooded as any economist. But she admits that her profession would do well to focus on…
Real tax reform may or may not ever happen. In the meantime, how about making the current system work a bit better?
What do you do when smart people keep making stupid mistakes? And: are we a nation of financial illiterates? This is a “mashupdate” of “Is America Ready for a “No-Lose…
Isn’t it time to admit that the U.S. economy doesn’t have a commander in chief?
Vanity Fair and Bloomberg hosted an economic panel last week featuring Meredith Whitney, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Olivier Sarkozy, Austan Goolsbee, and Jack Welch. The heavyweight panelists debated unions, the Obama…
President Obama is reading The World America Made , which downplays the America-is-in-decline meme; meanwhile, Latin America pushes the America-is-in-decline meme. Austan Goolsbee is on Twitter, and has lots to…
…Tony Marx; former White House economist Austan Goolsbee; the Jesuit writer and thinker James Martin; bioethicist Zeke Emanuel; former White House chef Sam Kass; Microsoft researcher danah boyd; the heart…
…short list: Marianne Bertrand, Esther Duflo, Austan Goolsbee, Sendhil Mullainathan, Ilya Segal, and Rob Shimer. University of Chicago economists are over-represented on my list partly because we have many of…
