Austan D. Goolsbee

Austan D. Goolsbee is the Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics.

He previously served in Washington as the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and a member of the President's cabinet. His research has earned him recognition as a Fulbright Scholar and an Alfred P. Sloan fellow. In prior years he was named one of the 100 Global Leaders for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum, and one of the six "Gurus of the Future" by the Financial Times. His ability to explain economics clearly has made Goolsbee popular in the media. Jon Stewart describes him as "Eliot Ness meets Milton Friedman" and he has twice been named as a "star" professor by BusinessWeek's "Guide to the Best Business Schools."

Goolsbee serves on the Economic Advisory Panel to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and has previously served on the Panel of Economic Advisors to the Congressional Budget Office, the U.S. Census Advisory Commission, and as a special consultant for Internet Policy to the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. He joined Chicago Booth in 1995.

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University of Chicago

Austan D. Goolsbee

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Videos

A Decade of Dodd-Frank Panel 5: What had Dodd-Frank meant globally? with Ylan Mui, Gary Gensler, Donald Kohn, Hester Peirce, and Nathan Sheets

A Decade of Dodd-Frank Panel 4: How has Dodd-Frank Shaped the response to the current financial crisis? with Victoria Guida, Austan Goolsbee, Aaron Klein, Margaret Tahyar, and Charles Yi

A Decade of Dodd-Frank: Keynote with Christopher Dodd and Barney Frank

A Decade of Dodd-Frank Panel 3: How has Dodd-Frank performed for the consumer? with Emily Stewart, Mehrsa Baradaran, Richard Cordray, Lisa Donner, and Cam Fine

A Decade of Dodd-Frank Panel 2: Has Dodd-Frank reined in systemic risk? with Deborah Solomon, Lael Brainard, Dennis Kelleher, Jeremy Stein, and Janet Yellen

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