Austan Goolsbee
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| Residence | U.S. |
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| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Economics |
| Institutions | University of Chicago Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008 National Bureau of Economic Research Congressional Budget Office |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D.) Yale University (M.A.) Yale University (B.A.) |
| Known for | Economics |
| Notable awards | Fulbright Scholar, Alfred P. Sloan Fellow |
Austan Dean Goolsbee is an economist and is currently the Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He is also a Research Fellow at the American Bar Foundation[1], Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts[2], and a member of the Panel of Economic Advisors to the Congressional Budget Office.[3] He has been Barack Obama's economic advisor since Obama's successful U.S. Senate campaign in Illinois. He was until recently the lead economic advisor to the 2008 Obama presidential campaign [4] and is known as a centrist.[5] Austan Goolsbee is Senior Economist to the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) and the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI). [6] He was interviewed in January 2008 about the Obama economic plan on tax cuts, deficits and trade policies.[7]
Some of the known press profiles of him include those done by NPR [8] , George Will [9], the Financial Times [10], Reuters TV [11], the Chicago Tribune [12], Crain's Chicago Business [13] , and the Abilene Reporter-News [14].
He is the former host of the show History's Business on the History Channel.
Goolsbee's academic research focuses on the Internet, the new economy, government policy, and taxes. He currently teaches a class on economics and policy in the telecom, media and technology industries. He's part of a new wave called "new social economics". Along with Steven Levitt, author of Freakonomics, he and others focus on human activity in natural settings and find economic explanations for how people behave. [15]
In April 2006, Goolsbee began writing for the Economic Scene column in the New York Times. He has also appeared in their Economic View column. Prior to that he wrote the Dismal Science column for Slate.com, for which he won the 2006 Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism. He has many published papers in various peer-reviewed journals. [16]
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[edit] Educational degrees
His educational degrees are: B.A. summa cum laude (economics), Yale University, 1991; M.A. (economics), Yale University, 1991; Ph.D. (economics), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. He was an Alfred Sloan Fellow (2000-02) and Fulbright scholar (2006-07).[17]
[edit] Personal life
As a high school student at Milton Academy, a New England preparatory school, Goolsbee became one of the most decorated competitive speakers in the nation. In 1987, he became the first extemporaneous speaking competitor to go through an entire year of competitions placing only first. This included winning the NCFL national championship in extemporaneous speaking for the second time and winning the National Forensics League's national championship in international extemporaneous speaking as well as placing second in the nation in original oratory.
As a student at Yale he debated on the APDA circuit. In 1990 he and partner Dahlia Lithwick were runners up for National Debate Team of the Year. He and partner John Wertheim placed second at the national championship. In 1991, he and partner David Gray were the National Debate Team of the Year. Goolsbee finished as the 3rd best speaker at the World Debate Championships in Toronto. He later served as coach to the M.I.T. debate team and the University of Chicago debate society, as well as being active in the annual Great Latke-Hamantash Debate.
Goolsbee married Robin Winters on November 1, 1997. She was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company at the time and earlier the director of business development at MTV International.[18] They have three children.
[edit] References
- ^ Research Fellows - Austan Goolsbee American Bar Foundation
- ^ Austan Goolsbee National Bureau of Economic Research
- ^ Panel of Economic Advisers Congressional Budget Office
- ^ The Advisers Are Writing Our Future David Leonhardt, New York Times, April 18, 2007.
- ^ Seeking Clues to Obamanomics, Deborah Solomon, Wall Street Journal, April 24, 2007
- ^ DLC: Austan Goolsbee Democratic Leadership Committee
- ^ Obama's economic adviser on the plan, Doug Krizner interviews Austan Goolsbee, Marketplace, January 31, 2008
- ^ The Man Behind Obama's Economic Plan Ben Calhoun NPR, April 8, 2008
- ^ The Democratic Economist George Will Washington Post, October 4, 2007
- ^ Green Youth and Academic Colours Jeremy Grant, Financial Times, September 18, 2005
- ^ Obama's Economic Alter Ego Reuters TV, February 1, 2008
- ^ Going to school on presidential politics David Greising, Chicago Tribune, March 9, 2008
- ^ 40 under 40, 2006Chicago Business
- ^ Obama Economic Adviser Has Abilene Ties Loretta Fulton, Abilene Reporter-News, March 4, 2008
- ^ Going to school on presidential politics David Greising, Chicago Tribune, March 9, 2008
- ^ Goolsbee's Curriculum Vitae
- ^ Faculty Directory - Austan Goolsbee: Curriculum Vitae University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
- ^ WEDDINGS; Robin Winters and Austan Goolsbee New York Times, November 2, 1997
[edit] External links
- University of Chicago Graduate School of Business - Faculty Directory: Austan Goolsbee official faculty website
- University of Chicago Experts - Austan Goolsbee profile
- Economic View: Is the New Supply Side Better Than the Old? Austan Goolsbee, New York Times, January 20, 2008.
- The Strange Case of Obamaconomist Austan Goolsbee Matthew Vadum, Capital Research Center, March 19, 2008.
- Austan Goolsbee articles hosted by the Democratic Leadership Committee Austan Goolsbee , Democratic Leadership Committee
