Austan Goolsbee

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residence = U.S.
nationality = American
field = Economics
work_institutions = University of Chicago

Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008

American Bar Foundation
National Bureau of Economic Research
Congressional Budget Office
alma_mater = Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D.)
Yale University (M.A.)
Yale University (B.A.)
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known_for = Economics
prizes = Fulbright Scholar, Alfred P. Sloan Fellow
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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, [ [http://www.abf-sociolegal.org/Research_Fellows/Goolsbee/Goolsbee_index.htm Research Fellows - Austan Goolsbee] "American Bar Foundation"] Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, [ [http://www.nber.org/cgi-bin/familyinfo.pl?a=a&user=austan_goolsbee Austan Goolsbee] "National Bureau of Economic Research"] and a member of the Panel of Economic Advisors to the Congressional Budget Office. [ [http://www.cbo.gov/aboutcbo/econadvisers.shtml Panel of Economic Advisers] "Congressional Budget Office"] He has been Barack Obama's economic advisor since Obama's successful U.S. Senate campaign in Illinois. He advised Barack Obama in his 2004 Senate race and is the senior economic advisor to the 2008 Obama presidential campaign [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/18/business/18leonhardt.html?ex=1334548800&en=7eb5e2553d92a9f4&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss The Advisers Are Writing Our Future] David Leonhardt, "New York Times", April 18, 2007.] and is known as a centrist. [ [http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117737514082179798-rKCyT2SfyScRQ0gbLpb3V0N1_0U_20080423.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top Seeking Clues to Obamanomics] , Deborah Solomon, "Wall Street Journal", April 24, 2007] Austan Goolsbee is Senior Economist to the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI). [ [http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?contentid=254329&kaid=86&subid=191 DLC: Austan Goolsbee] "Democratic Leadership Committee"] He was interviewed in January 2008 about the Obama economic plan on tax cuts, deficits, and trade policies. [ [http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/01/31/econ_advisors_austan_goolsbee/ Obama's economic adviser on the plan] , Doug Krizner interviews Austan Goolsbee, "Marketplace", January 31, 2008]

Over the years he has been named one of the 100 Global Leaders for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, one of the six 'Gurus of the Future' by the Financial Times, and one of the 40 Under 40 by Crain's Chicago Business and one of the 30 Under 30 by the Chicago Sun-Times. [ [http://faculty.chicagogsb.edu/austan.goolsbee/website/research/vitae.htm Goolsbee's Curriculum Vitae] ]

Some of the known press profiles of him include those done by NPR, [ [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89467266 The Man Behind Obama's Economic Plan] Ben Calhoun "NPR", April 8, 2008] George Will, [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/03/AR2007100302003.html The Democratic Economist] George Will "Washington Post", October 4, 2007] the Financial Times, [ [http://search.ft.com/ftArticle?queryText=goolsbee&aje=true&id=050918002505&ct=0&page=2 Green Youth and Academic Colours] Jeremy Grant, "Financial Times", September 18, 2005] Reuters TV, [ [http://in.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=75458&videoChann Obama's Economic Alter Ego] "Reuters TV", February 1, 2008] the Chicago Tribune, [ [http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-sun_goolsbee-naftamar09,0,6519460.story Going to school on presidential politics] David Greising, "Chicago Tribune", March 9, 2008] Crain's Chicago Business, [ [http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/article.pl?portal_id=35&mpid=35&page_id=2088 40 under 40, 2006] "Chicago Business"] and the Abilene Reporter-News. [ [http://www.reporternews.com/news/2008/mar/03/obama-economic-adviser-has-abilene-ties/ Obama Economic Adviser Has Abilene Ties] Loretta Fulton, "Abilene Reporter-News", March 4, 2008]

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. [ [http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-sun_goolsbee-naftamar09,0,6519460.story Going to school on presidential politics] David Greising, "Chicago Tribune", March 9, 2008]

Goolsbee is known for his ability to explain economic and business issues clearly on Television. He is the former host of the show History's Business on the History Channel and he appears frequently as a surrogate for the Obama campaign. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKvMfVntY2g Austan Goolsbee: Master of the One Liner] "CNN", September, 2008]

This is also true for his writing. In April 2006, Goolsbee began writing for the "Economic Scene" column in the New York Times. This column was later moved to Sundays and renamed the "Economic View". Before 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. [ [http://faculty.chicagogsb.edu/austan.goolsbee/website/research/vitae.htm Goolsbee's Curriculum Vitae] ]

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). [ [http://faculty.chicagogsb.edu/austan.goolsbee/website/research/vitae.htm Faculty Directory - Austan Goolsbee: Curriculum Vitae] "University of Chicago Graduate School of Business"]

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 1991, he and partner David Gray were the National Debate Team of the Year and Goolsbee finished as the third best speaker at the World Debate Championships in Toronto. 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. Goolsbee 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 .

He is a frequently seen around the University of Chicago and Hyde Park. He is active in Great Latke-Hamantash Debate and the New York Times travel magazine piece on classic Hyde Park bar Jimmy's Woodlawn Tap mentions him and high school friend Mo Lee as frequent patrons. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2008/09/21/style/t/index.html#pagewanted=0&pageName=21epicentersw& A Heady Brew] Stephen Metcalf, "T: New York Times Travel Magazine", Fall, 2008]

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. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D07E5DF1E31F931A35752C1A961958260 WEDDINGS; Robin Winters and Austan Goolsbee] "New York Times", November 2, 1997] They have three children.

References

External links

* [http://faculty.chicagogsb.edu/austan.goolsbee/website/ University of Chicago Graduate School of Business - Faculty Directory: Austan Goolsbee] official faculty website
* [http://experts.uchicago.edu/experts.php?id=411 University of Chicago Experts - Austan Goolsbee] profile
* [http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?contentid=254329&kaid=86&subid=191 Articles by Austan Goolsbee] hosted by the Democratic Leadership Committee
* [http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-sun-goolsbee-obama-sep14,0,2139983.story Q&A with Austan Goolsbee] Greg Burns, "Chicago Tribune", September 14, 2008
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/business/20view.html Economic View: Is the New Supply Side Better Than the Old?] Austan Goolsbee, New York Times, January 20, 2008