Topic: Austan Goolsbee

Obama taps Goolsbee as top White House economist

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has chosen Austan Goolsbee to succeed Christina Romer as chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, U.S. administration officials said on Thursday.Obama is to make the announcement at a White House news conference planned ...
Keith Hennessey takes umbrage at criticism from Austan Goolsbee of the Bush administration's handling of loans for auto makers, and recounts how the situation played out. They also told us, as did countless outside experts, that they were not ready for such ...
President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday announced the formation of an Economic Recovery Advisory Board, naming an economist with expertise in Internet policy as the board's staff director and chief economist. Obama named former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker as the board's chairman ...
Guests for the Sunday television news showsGuest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: ___ABC's "This Week" David Axelrod, senior adviser to President-elect Barack Obama; Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Richard Shelby, R-Ala.___CBS' "Face the Nation" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.; Austan ...