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Meet Austan Goolsbee, Obama's Hilarious New Economic Chair
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Sept. 10) -- Austan Goolsbee, President Barack Obama's pick to replace Council of Economic Advisers Chairwoman Christina Romer, was once described by Washington Post columnist George F. Will as "a masochist with a sense of humor." The description is apt for one of Washington, D.C.'s most colorful personalities, the man who famously said during the 2008 presidential campaign that "there is more information on the back of a box of Fruit Loops" than in John McCain's economic plan. At 41 years old, Goolsbee will be the youngest economist to chair the council since 1969, and he is taking the ...
Opinion: Your Jobs Questions Answered
By Sphere Staff - AOL News(Dec. 11) -- Sphere invited readers to pose their jobs questions to the White House. And Council of Economic Advisers economist Austan Goolsbee took time this week to answer a representative sampling of the many submitted. After each question, you can watch Austan's answer. Q. Why doesn't the government consider reviving CC Camps like they had before WWII? My dad worked at some. He did construction and many other jobs. He got paid and even got some meals. It's dignified work and serves a purpose. Q. The president in his speech this morning told the nation that spending more money will ...
O, Canada!
By David Knowles - Politics DailyYesterday, I wrote about the allegations that Barack Obama adviser Austan Goolsbee assured Canadian Embassy officials that all the anti-NAFTA talk on the campaign trail was just that. Well, today the story takes an interesting twist. From the IHT:In Ottawa, Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper disputed the contention of his political opposition that his right-leaning government leaked word of the meeting to complicate Obama's chances to favor Republican Sen. John McCain, who strongly supports NAFTA......Analysts in Canada believe Harper does not want a Democrat in the White House, a ...
NAFTA Gate?
By Dave - Politics DailyDid Obama advisers tell Canadian officials to never mind about all this NAFTA talk? That it was just politics and something he never intended to do anything about? That's exactly what said Canadian officials maintain, and they have the memo to prove it. According to the memo obtained by The Associated Press, Obama's senior economic adviser told Canadian officials in Chicago that the debate over free trade in the Democratic presidential primary campaign was "political positioning" and that Obama was not really protectionist. The adviser, Austan Goolsbee, said his comments to those officials ...
Obama and NAFTA, Rhetorically Speaking
By David Knowles - Politics DailyA troubling story from North of the border. Barack Obama adviser and University of Chicago professor Austan Goolsbee stands accused of telling Canadian consular officials that the protectionist posturing Obama was engaging in while campaigning for votes in Ohio should be taken with a grain of salt. While Goolsbee had denied the meeting was about NAFTA, a memo given to the AP today shows that one person who attended the meeting did. The memo is the first documentation to emerge publicly out of the meeting between the adviser, Austan Goolsbee, and officials with the Canadian consulate in ...
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