Obama Economic Team

Washington: Totally Disconnected From Main Street

Don McNay | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business


Don McNay

Operating a business on Main Street is a lot different than lecturing at the Harvard Economic Club. The team Obama surrounded himself with has spent way more time in a faculty lounge than in the corner barber shop.

Did Team Obama Get It Wrong On The Stimulus?

McClatchy | Kevin G. Hall and David Lightman | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics


Should the federal government be doing more to help the economy regain its footing? That's the question du jour following a dismal June employment rep...

Summers Defends Record, Warns Of Seeing "False Dawns" In Economic Crisis

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 07.13.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's economic adviser on Friday defended the administration's efforts to rescue banks, insurance companies and ...

Tension Grips Obama's Economic Circle

New York Times | JACKIE CALMES | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON President Obama was getting his daily economic briefing one recent morning when a fly distracted him. The president swatted and missed, ju...

Arianna Discusses Tim Geithner on Larry King Live

Huff TV | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics


Huff TV

Arianna appeared on Larry King Live Monday night to discuss whether or not Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner should be fired. Watch below: Embedded ...

Obama calls stimulus bill delay 'inexcusable'

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama decried as "inexcusable and irresponsible" the delay of his economic recovery legislation in Congress with a...

Davos Diss: Obama Economics Team Not Coming

Yahoo! News | 25 Mins Ago | Posted 02.23.2009 | Business


The new US administration will send only one of President Barack Obama's close aides to the World Economic Forum's meeting in Davos next week instead ...

DAN TARULLO: Obama Economic Advisor To Be Named To Federal Reserve Board

Huffington Post | Posted 01.18.2009 | Business


Reuters is reporting that President-elect Barack Obama will promote Georgetown professor Dan Tarullo from being one of his economic advisors to fill a...

Change?

Bernard Rowan | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics


Bernard Rowan

It's time to bring in a new generation of leaders to the White House, not just a new version of the same.

Economic Recovery Advisory Board To Be Led By Paul Volcker (SLIDESHOW)

Reuters | Posted 12.27.2008 | Business


Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker will chair a new economic advisory panel created by President-elect Barack Obama and designed to stabiliz...

Obama reassures nervous nation on ailing economy

AP | SARA KUGLER and STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 12.27.2008 | Business


CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama sought to reassure the nation and nervous holiday shoppers about the ailing economy Wednesday as beleague...

Obama Chooses Wall Street Over Main Street

Robert Scheer | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics


Robert Scheer

Maybe Ralph Nader was right: the same Wall Street hustlers will have a lock on our government no matter which major party wins the election. How else is one to respond to Obama's economic picks?

Obama: We Have A "New Way Of Doing Business, When We Make Mistakes, We Admit Them"

Posted 12.26.2008 | Business


Obama gave another press conference today about the economy. While apologizing to a reporter about putting him in the wrong section at his press confe...

NYT: Geithner And Summers "Have Played Central Roles" In Provoking Crisis

New York Times | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business


In various high-level government positions, Timothy Geithner, Mr. Obama's choice for Treasury secretary, and Lawrence Summers, his choice for director...

Obama Appoints Berkeley Professor Christina Romer to Chair Council of Economic Advisers

Rob Kall | Posted 12.25.2008 | Business


Rob Kall

Romer wrote, if not the book, at least the chapter for Encyclopedia Britannica on the Great Depression.

Obama Setting Economic Agenda, Will Roll Out Team On Monday

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics


LIMA, Peru — President George W. Bush got a second bloc of world leaders to endorse comprehensive action to remedy the global financial crisis. ...

President-Elect Obama's First Big Mistake

Mark Cuban | Posted 12.14.2008 | Business


Mark Cuban

Obama's economic advisory team looks more like a semester's worth of guest speakers for an MBA class than a team that can truly help him. Entrepreneurs will lead us out of this mess. Talk to them.

Obama to center stage, promises action on economy

AP | NEDRA PICKLER and TERENCE HUNT | Posted 12.08.2008 | Business


CHICAGO — Inheriting an economy in peril, President-elect Obama warned on Friday that the nation faces the challenge of a lifetime and pledged h...

Union Critical Of Obama's Top Economic Aide, Slams "Rubinomics"

The New York Times | LOUIS UCHITELLE | Posted 06.20.2008 | Business


Acting quickly after securing his party's presidential nomination, Barack Obama picked a well-known representative of Bill Clinton's economic policies...