Austan Goolsbee

Obama's Body Man Reportedly Plans To Leave The White House

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.10.2012

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Reggie Love, President Barack Obama's personal aide, is planning to leave the White House by the end of the year, The Washington Post reported. A k...

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Obama's Economic Boat Is Sinking

The Relentless Conservative | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: US Economy, Austan Goolsbee, Barack Hussein Obama, Unemployment Rate, Tim Geithner, Cash for Clunkers 2009, Politics News

Beginning with the "Cash for Clunkers" program and "non-shovel-ready" Stimulus Program, right on through to today's entrenched unemployment rate, this President and his incompetent advisers have presided over one helluva mess.

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Krueger Sounded The Alarm: Will He Answer It?

Peter S. Goodman | Posted 10.29.2011

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Back in March, when he still enjoyed remove from the policy fray as an academic at Princeton, Alan Krueger used unusually blunt language to sound the alarm that the American economy was staring at the sort of crisis that seemed unlikely to be fixed absent sustained and aggressive action. So the real question now is whether Krueger's appointment to the top spot on President Obama's economic advisory team will in fact alter the policies coming out of Washington, delivering initiatives that can create jobs. On that score, unfortunately, there is limited reason for optimism.

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Obama Nominates Princeton Economist To Fill Key Post

AP | By JULIE PACE | Posted 10.29.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has chosen labor economist Alan Krueger for a top administration post as the White House scrambles for solutions ...

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Why Obama's Top Economic Adviser Should Be Missed

The Atlantic | MEGAN MCARDLE | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Austan Goolsbee, Council of Economic Advisers, Aol, Economic Recovery Advisory Board, The Economist, University of Chicago, Nafta, International Monetary Fund, President Barack Obama, Jeff Immelt, Business News

Why the White House—and Washington—should miss departing economic adviser Austan Goolsbee....

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Shipwreck!

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Jobs, Federal Reserve, Austan Goolsbee, Unemployment, Stock Market, Business News

The jobs figures would be heartening if they meant that things were moving in the right direction. But the illusion of good news is actually a problem.

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Obama Adviser: U.S. Can't 'Stand Pat' Despite Recent Job Growth

The Huffington Post | James Sunshine | Posted 10.05.2011

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Despite the 2.4 million jobs created in the U.S. over the last 17 months, Austan Goolsbee leaves his post as Chairman of the President's Council of Ec...

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The Startup Act: A Proposal To Jumpstart The American Economy

Carl J. Schramm | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Investments, Small Business, Kauffman Foundation, Economy, Jobs, Innovation, Entrepreneurs, Licensing, Venture Capital, Stimulus, Austan Goolsbee, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Job Creation, Small Business America, Patents, Business News

It's time to re-start America by jump-starting our startup engines of growth. We have no time to waste.

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A President On the Verge of a Political Breakdown

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Social Security, Austan Goolsbee, Sheldon Whitehouse, Eric Kingson, Strenthen Social Security, Bernie Sanders, Barack Obama, Chained CPI, Ed Schultz, Paul Krugman, Nate Silver, Politics News

The president and his team have a clear choice: They can either retreat from this position and fight aggressively for Social Security and other popular programs, or they can stake his re-election on a misguided roll of the dice.

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Congressional Black Caucus Members Call for Action on Joblessness

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 09.06.2011

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Members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Thursday publicly accused the Obama administration of failing to adequately address a veritable epidemic ...

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Obama's New Message: Welcome The Foreign Boss

HuffingtonPost.com | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 08.20.2011

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Faced with stubbornly high unemployment and a steady drip of dispiriting news about the economy, the Obama administration has embraced a new strategy ...

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White House Wants Business To Help Convince Congress To Raise Debt Ceiling

Posted 08.14.2011

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By Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON -- Worried that Congress will not act in time to raise the country's borrowing cap, the Obama administration i...

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Larry Summers: The American Economy is Sick

HuffingtonPost.com | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 08.13.2011

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NEW YORK -- Safely removed from the Obama White House, where he was a prime architect of economic policy, Larry Summers now tells us what most regular...

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When Will Obama Sound the Alarm About Jobs?

Jeff Madrick | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Jobs, Economic Recovery, Austan Goolsbee, Unemployment, Tim Geithner, Barack Obama, Gdp, Economy Jobs, Job Market, Stimulus, Business News

The American economy needs more stimulus, an outright jobs-creating program, and tax incentives to keep jobs here. As far as I can see, Washington just thinks we will blithely grow our way out of the ongoing malaise.

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White House Economist Dismisses Talk of Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 08.08.2011

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WASHINGTON – Austan Goolsbee, still at this moment chairman of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, is clearly tired of hearing talk ab...

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David Axelrod Downplays Bad Jobs News, Says Austan Goolsbee To Play Big Reelection Role

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Lost in this week's announcement that Austan Goolsbee, the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, would be leaving the White Hous...

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Something We Can Say With Certitude: The Economy Stinks!

Arianna Huffington | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Jobs Numbers, Deficit, May Unemployment, Obama Unemployment, Austan Goolsbee, 2012 Presidential Election, Unemployment, 2012 Election, Economy, Obama Economy, Politics News

Reacting to the latest round of depressing jobs numbers, the president said that it is just like "if you got hit by a truck, it's going to take a while for you to mend." You know what might help speed along the mending? Surgery.

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Top Obama Economic Adviser Leaves Behind Frustration, Economic Pain

HuffingtonPost.com | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 08.06.2011

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Austan Goolsbee, one of President Barack Obama's longest serving policy advisers and the chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers, leaves his post...

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Top Obama Economic Adviser To Resign

AP | Posted 08.06.2011

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WASHINGTON — Austan Goolsbee, a longtime adviser to President Barack Obama, will resign his post as the chairman of the Council of Economic Advi...

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Obama's Chief Economist Considers Leaving White House

Bloomberg | Hans Nichols | Posted 08.06.2011

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President Barack Obama’s chief economist, Austan Goolsbee, is considering resigning and returning to the University of Chicago where his leave as a ...

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Obama Adviser: Don't Worry About Recent Lack Of Job Creation

The Huffington Post | James Sunshine | Posted 08.06.2011

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Although the U.S. private sector added only around 54,000 jobs in May, Austan Goolsbee, chairman of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, still says t...

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White House Economic Adviser: Don't Call It A Jobless Recovery

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 08.05.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP/The Huffington Post) -- A top White House economic adviser says the upward tilt over the past six months in new jobs is a better indica...

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Geithner: Not Raising Debt Limit Could Cause Recession

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 07.16.2011

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The federal government reached its debt limit Monday, and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner again detailed the disastrous and widespread consequences of...

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Austan Goolsbee Applauds Job Growth, Says 'We've Got A Long Way To Go'

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 07.06.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In an interview with The Huffington Post, White House economic adviser Austan Goolsbee cheered a new, stronger-than-expected jobs report...

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White House Economist Hopes GOP Will Discuss Budget 'In An Adult Way'

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of President Barack Obama's top economic advisers on Tuesday called on Republicans to "hold hands and work together" with the White House on budge...

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