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Austan Dean Goolsbee (born August 18, 1969) is an American economist, currently serving under President Barack Obama as the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers[1] Goolsbee is on leave from the University of Chicago where he is the Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics at the Booth School of Business.
Goolsbee was born in Waco, Texas, the son of Linda Catherine (née Dean) and Arthur Leon Goolsbee. He was raised primarily in Whittier, California.
Goolsbee graduated from Milton Academy and received both his B.A. summa cum laude and M.A. in economics from Yale University in 1991 and went on to receive his Ph.D. in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1995. He was an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (2000-02) and Fulbright Scholar (2006-07).
At Yale, Goolsbee was a member of the Yale Political Union, the improv comedy troupe Just Add Water, Skull and Bones, and the Yale Debate Association. He and partner David Gray were named the APDA National Debate Team of the Year in 1991. He and partner Dahlia Lithwick were runners up for the award in 1990. As a high school student, Goolsbee won the national championship in extemporaneous speaking in 1987.
In 2004 he delivered the commencement address at Milton Academy.
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New York Times
April 13, 2018
I decided to check in with an economist from the Democratic side of the aisle, Austan Goolsbee, who was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Obama administration. I told him about my idea. “It's a crazy idea,” he said, helpfully. “It doesn't make sense to say, 'I'm going to declare a trade warÃâà...
Memphis Business Journal
April 12, 2018
“It's obviously a terrible mistake” to have quit the agreement, said Austan Goolsbee, an economist at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business and another past chairman of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers. “This was a coalition of the vast majority of the economies of Asia outside of ChinaÃâà...
New York Times
April 12, 2018
“It's obviously a terrible mistake” to have quit the agreement, said Austan Goolsbee, an economist at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business and another past chairman of Mr. Obama's Council of Economic Advisers. “This was a coalition of the vast majority of the economies of Asia outside ofÃâà...
erienewsnow.com
April 11, 2018
Austan Goolsbee, who served as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Barack Obama, will join Markets Now next Wednesday. Interview highlights will be available online and through the Markets Now newsletter, delivered to your inbox every afternoon. TM & Ãâé 2018 Cable NewsÃâà...
CNNMoney
April 10, 2018
Austan Goolsbee, who served as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Barack Obama, will join Markets Now next Wednesday. Interview highlights will be available online and through the Markets Now newsletter, delivered to your inbox every afternoon. CNNMoney (New York)Ãâà...
MSNBC
April 6, 2018
The Trump administration is escalating what the president insists isn't a trade war. MSNBC's Ali Velshi takes a closer look at how we got here. CNBC's John Harwood, Former U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, and Former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors Austan Goolsbee join AliÃâà...
Fox Business
April 6, 2018
The Trump administration has unraveled Obama's bilateral efforts with the Chinese, Austan Goolsbee told Fox Business' Neil Cavuto on Friday. “We probably got about 80% to 90% of the way done on that – and handed that to the Trump administration – which the Trump people just blew up,” GoolsbeeÃâà...
CNNMoney
April 4, 2018
Jim Chanos, founder and president of Kynikos Associates, and Austan Goolsbee, who served as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Barack Obama, will join Quest and CNNMoney anchor Maggie Lake on future episodes. Can't watch at 12:45? Don't sweat it. Interview highlightsÃâà...
Business Insider
March 14, 2018
"But the overall benefits are likely to be quite limited, and losses larger." Austan Goolsbee, the former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Barack Obama, was slightly more animated in his comment on the tariff proposal. "SMACK. SMACK [punching self in face] SMACK. SMACK," Goolsbee said.
Builder Magazine
March 12, 2018
It's not often that an interview with an economist is entertaining, particularly if it's on NPR. But this one is worth reading (and/or listening to). Find out what a plumbers bomb has to do with tariffs, probably the only place you will ever find such information. The economy is so confusing. What are these newÃâà...
CNBC
March 6, 2018
Austan Goolsbee, President Barack Obama's former economic advisor, said he wouldn't replace Gary Cohn even "if it was the last job on Earth." The president's intention to slap tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum imports could potentially trigger "an escalating trade war if not an outright global recession,"Ãâà...
Tax Foundation
March 2, 2018
... half of the well-known “Hall-Rabushka Flat Tax,” wrote in the comment box “Read Adam Smith!” On the other end of the spectrum, Austan Goolsbee, former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors under President Obama, simply wrote “stupid.” Thursday was a step backward on trade and tax policy.
WGN Radio
March 2, 2018
Former economic advisor to President Obama- Austan Goolsbee predicts President Trump's raising of steel/aluminum tariffs will have an adverse impact on the economy, WGN-TV's Tom Skilling explains why meteorologists call March 1st the first day of Spring, NBC's Lester Holt looks at news of the day,Ãâà...
WGN Radio
March 2, 2018
Economics professor at the University of Chicago Booth School and former economic adviser to President Obama, Austan Goolsbee joins Roe Conn and Anna Davlantes to break down how President Trump's announcement that he is raising tariffs on imported steel/aluminum will impact world markets.
Independent Journal Review
March 1, 2018
On Thursday, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) released figures showing that U.S. manufacturing expanded at its fastest rate since May 2004. The ISM reported that its Purchasing Managers' Index, generally considered an indicator of manufacturing health, increased from 59.1 to 60.8 betweenÃâà...
Vanity Fair
February 21, 2018
“Under the previous administration, we went from the worst downturn of our lifetimes to the second longest expansion on record,” Austan Goolsbee, C.E.A. chairman from 2010 to 2011 and an economics professor at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, told me. “The Trump administrationÃâà...
CNBC
February 15, 2018
Economist Austan Goolsbee is "a little" worried about inflation and rising interest rates, but said it will take more than one month of data to make a case. "If you don't see this for three straight months it's not yet a thing, on both on the wage side and the inflation side," said Goolsbee, who served as chairmanÃâà...
NPR
February 6, 2018
"Everybody's got to remember that the markets go up and the markets go down," said former Obama White House economist Austan Goolsbee in an interview with Morning Edition on Tuesday. "On average, they tend to go up, but there's a lot of volatility." Trump himself was wary about that in his private life.
Markets Insider
December 4, 2017
In an interview with Business Insider, President Barack Obama's former economic adviser Austan Goolsbee, now back at the University of Chicago, said stagnant wages represent one key factor that could prevent the Federal Reserve from continue raising interest rates in 2018 and 2019 as it currentlyÃâà...
CNBC
October 23, 2017
Economist Austan Goolsbee shared his thoughts on why tax reform or other policy measures may be unable to carry growth to 3 percent in an interview with CNBC PRO 's Mike Santoli. "Yes we have had modest recovery: I think that's because it was a bubble that popped and the economy can't go back toÃâà...
CNBC
December 31, 1999
Markets on edge over 'self-inflicted' trade war wounds, says former CEA chairman. 8:06 AM ET Mon, 9 April 2018. Austan Goolsbee, former Council of Economic Advisers chairman, and Phillip Swagel, former assistant Treasury secretary, provide their outlook on the economy as jobs pullback and trade war fears linger.
WBEZ
December 31, 1999
Austan Goolsbee. March 10, 2018. 48 min. Austan Goolsbee, American economist, joins us along with panelists Faith Salie, Alonzo Bodden, and Tara Clancy. Stay up-to-date with the latest news, stories and insider events. Please enter a valid email address Oops, something went wrong! Sign Up Try Again. You've signedÃâà...
CNBC
December 31, 1999
Austan Goolsbee, former economic advisor to President Barack Obama, said the trade deficit is a "large macro thing," and cannot be reduced by isolating industries with tariffs. 'Protectionism, economic isolation is a terrible thing for the economy,' he says, and could lead to recession. In fact, CNBCÃâà...
NPR
December 31, 1999
Austan Goolsbee served on the Council of Economic Advisers during the Barack Obama administration, eventually becoming its chairperson. Since he studies actual economics, we invited him back to the show to ask him three questions about ... home economics. Click the listen link above to see how heÃâà...
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