meganmcardle.theatlantic.com - 11/21/2008
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I'm flabbergasted. If true, this is a bloody embarassment: Chicago economist Austan Goolsbee -- once the chief economic adviser to candidate Barack Obama -- may be less of a shoo-in to chair Obama's White House Council of Economic Advisers than his admirers once imagined. The Obama ...
gregmankiw.blogspot.com - 11/24/2008
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gregmankiw.blogspot.com —
Larry Summers is going to be director of
the National Economic Council . I wonder: What will...
the role of the Council of Economic Advisers be in the new Obama administration? And how will the CEA and NEC get along? When I was working for President ...
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Summers to the NEC
delong.typepad.com - 11/25/2008
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delong.typepad.com —
World-class expert on the Great Depression: if you
want to avoid any of the mistakes made during...
the Great Depression, she is the one to hire. World-class expert on monetary and fiscal policy: encyclopedic knowledge of their history--since we ...
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Talking Points on the Designation of Christina D. Romer ...
maxedoutmama.blogspot.com - 11/19/2008
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maxedoutmama.blogspot.com —
The governors had their climate change conference, and
Obama made an appearance yesterday. The NY Times has...
the story : Speaking by video to a climate conference in Los Angeles, Mr. Obama repeated his campaign vow to reduce climate-altering carbon ...
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... in house prices. This increased risk exposure took place right under the nose of the FDIC, albeit partially hidden through the use of senior-subordinated structures that were rated AA or AAA and through the creation of Structured Investment Vehicles (SIVs) that moved the risk off balance sheet. Still, the inability of the FDIC to follow up the early warning in the article with any regulatory action is an indication that regulatory failure can happen as readily as market failure. 3. Megan McArdle is dismayed by a rumor that ...
CEA rumors
Marginal Revolution —
... From Megan McArdle. Austan Goolsbee may be going elsewhere. This could be either good or bad news; in any case the goal is to maximize his influence. The name ...
Obama picks solid economic team
The Emirates Economist —
1. Council of Economic Advisers: Christina Romer. Endorsed by Tyler Cowen (Marginal Revolution) and Greg Mankiw. Megan McArdle breathes a sigh of relief. 2. Treasury Secretary: Timothy Geithner. Endorsed by Cowen. 3. National Economic Council: Lawrence Summers. Endorsed, though with some head scratching by Cowen and especially Mankiw. (I wasn't even sure what the NEC is -- it's not a prominent place.) But this could be positioning Summers for replacing Ben Bernanke as Fed chairman in a few years. Not that there's anything ...
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(Fiscally-Responsible) Friends in High Places —
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I already wrote this on my Facebook wall, but I’m so proud to hear the close-to-official word that my friends Jason Furman, Austan Goolsbee, and Peter Orszag will be at the top of President Obama’s economic team. From today’s Wall Street Journal story on the pick of Tim ...
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