Austan Goolsbee

[Marblehead]

Does anybody have any info on this person, he is Obama's economic advisor..

[Zueda]

1. He's really good from what I been reading about him.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. Here's a rundown of his latest adventure

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/03/us-ambassador-c.html

[acmavm]

3. Yeah, you just know anyone associated with Senator Whizbang

has to be WONDERFUL!!

[Jim__]

4. He gets high marks from George Will.

As in:

Economics is the only academic discipline that in recent decades has moved in the direction that America and much of the world has moved, to the right. Goolsbee no doubt has lots of dubious ideas -- he is, after all, a Democrat -- about how government can creatively fiddle with the market's allocation of wealth and opportunity. But he seems to be the sort of person -- amiable, empirical and reasonable -- you would want at the elbow of a Democratic president, if such there must be.

So, you know he must be good. :sarcasm:

[Marblehead]

5. thanks

there is not allot of info on him, I would like to know how he feels about tax cuts for the rich, corp welfare, free trade etc.etc.

[CGowen]

6. Skull & Bones

On paper, Obama supports a $1 billion infusion into LIHEAP, but when the chance came to add the money to the recent economic stimulus bill, Obama's top economic advisor Austan Goolsbee openly opposed the idea. Goolsbee called LIHEAP "a bureaucratic program … that would take a long time." However, Jonathan E. Kaplan, the Washington correspondent of the Portland Press Herald, noted that "LIHEAP funding can get to those who already have qualified for the program quickly -- additional funding released by the Bush administration on Jan. 17 was dispersed to Maine families by Jan. 22."


http://www.minnpost.com/stories/comments_stories/?blog_post_id=848


Goolsbee has never been one to avoid controversy. In the spring of 1991, Goolsbee and his 14 fellow members of Skull and Bones tapped women for the first time. The campus buzzed with excitement, incredulity and exasperation as former Bonesmen locked the tomb and sought to reverse the decision.

http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/21789

[Marblehead]

7. sad

I think Li heap is a good and necessary program...will he be part of Obama's administration??