32 Facts About Austan Goolsbee

Austan Dean Goolsbee was born on August 18,1969 and is an American economist and writer.

Austan Goolsbee is the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Austan Goolsbee was the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers from 2010 to 2011 and a member of President Barack Obama's cabinet.

Austan Goolsbee served as a member of the Chicago Board of Education from 2018 to 2019.

Austan Goolsbee was born in Waco, Texas, the son of Linda Catherine and the late Arthur Leon Austan Goolsbee, a former executive of Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company.

Austan Goolsbee was a member of the Skull and Bones secret society there.

Austan Goolsbee was named an Alfred P Sloan Fellow and Fulbright Scholar.

Austan Goolsbee has been a research fellow at the American Bar Foundation; research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts; and a member of the Panel of Economic Advisors to the Congressional Budget Office.

Austan Goolsbee was previously named a Senior Economist to the Progressive Policy Institute and a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress.

Austan Goolsbee taught MBA classes on microeconomics, platform competition, economics and policy in the telecom, media and technology industries and economic policy and Ph.

Austan Goolsbee is the former host of the television show History's Business on the History Channel.

Austan Goolsbee has published papers in various peer-reviewed journals and books.

Austan Goolsbee was announced to be the 10th President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago on December 1,2022.

Austan Goolsbee expressed that one important goal for his presidency was to be more involved with the regional economy of the 7th District where he traveled extensively upon taking office.

Austan Goolsbee was early in arguing that the unusual conditions in 2023 could enable an unusual outcome for the Macroeconomy, where inflation would fall dramatically but without causing a major recession.

Austan Goolsbee called this the 'Golden Path' and acknowledged that such an outcome would be without historical precedent but that he believed it was possible because of favorable supply-side developments at this time coupled with the Fed's credibility having kept inflation expectations from rising.

Austan Goolsbee was nominated by President Obama to serve on the Council of Economic Advisers.

Austan Goolsbee was confirmed by the Senate on March 10,2009.

Austan Goolsbee was designated chair of the Council on September 10,2010, succeeding Christina Romer.

Austan Goolsbee concurrently served as chief economist and chief of staff at the Economic Recovery Advisory Board chaired by Paul Volcker.

Austan Goolsbee called Volcker his great mentor and one of his personal heroes.

Austan Goolsbee starred in the White House Whiteboards which aimed to explain administration policy in an accessible way.

Outside of the standard political news shows, Austan Goolsbee was a frequent guest on comedy shows, as well.

Austan Goolsbee was interviewed by Jon Stewart for The Daily Show on August 11,2009; February 1,2010; October 25,2010; February 24,2011; August 3,2011; and September 6,2012.

Austan Goolsbee appeared in Daily Show segments on November 11,2009, where he was interviewed by Josh Gad about whether the Cash for Clunkers program had ruined demolition derby.

Austan Goolsbee made a second appearance on The Colbert Report on October 13,2010, and a third on May 18,2011.

In January 2011, Austan Goolsbee expressed the administration's confidence that the US debt limit would be raised, noting that rhetoric from some members of Congress, who suggested the routine increase should be opposed, "[appear] to reflect a deep misunderstanding of the consequences of default".

On June 6,2011, Austan Goolsbee announced that he would return to the University of Chicago.

Austan Goolsbee was expected to play an informal role from Chicago in Obama's 2012 campaign.

Austan Goolsbee advised President Obama during his 2004 US Senate race and was senior economic policy adviser during the 2008 Obama presidential campaign.

In past years, Austan Goolsbee was 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, one of the 40 Under 40 by Crain's Chicago Business, and one of the 30 Under 30 by the Chicago Sun-Times.

Austan Goolsbee topped The New Yorker list of the Ten Most Intriguing Political Personalities of 2010.