Election 2008: Turning Point for America in the World Economy?
A panel discussion at the 2008 Aspen Ideas Festival featuring Austan Goolsbee, Allan B. Hubbard and moderated by Clive Crook.
Bio
Clive Crook
Clive Crook is a Senior Editor of The Atlantic and Chief Washington Commentator of The Financial Times. In addition, he writes a column for National Journal and serves as chief editorial adviser to David Bradley, the chairman of Atlantic Media Group.
He was formerly on the staff of The Economist, where he was deputy editor from 1993 to 2005.
A graduate of Oxford and the London School of Economics, he has served as a consultant to The World Bank and worked as an official in the British Treasury. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Austan Goolsbee
Austan Goolsbee is a member of the Council of Economic Advisers and the youngest member of the cabinet of President Barack Obama. Goolsbee is also serving as staff director and chief economist on the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board.
Goolsbee was the Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He was an economic adviser to Barack Obama's 2004 Senate race before becoming a senior economic adviser to Senator Obama's 2008 Presidential campaign.
He is a member of the panel of Economic Advisers to the Congressional Budget Office, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a research fellow at the American Bar Foundation. He is a Senior Economist to the Democratic Leadership Council and the Progressive Policy Institute. He is also a frequent contributor to the New York Times. He was recently a Fulbright Scholar and a recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship.
His work focuses on the new economy, government policy, taxes, and technology.
Goolsbee was selected as one of Financial Times' six "'Gurus of the Future'/Best Under 40" (2005), named one of the Young Global Leaders at the 2005 World Economic Forum, and one of the 100 Global Leaders for Tomorrow at the 2002 World Economic Forum.
He was born on August 18, 1969, in Waco, Texas. He received his B.A. summa cum laude in economics from Yale University in 1991, his M.A. in economics from Yale University in 1991, and his Ph.D in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1995.
Allan Hubbard
Allan Hubbard served as assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council from January 2005 until December 2007. From 1990-92 he served as Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States and Executive Director of the President’s council on competitiveness.
He has served on a number of for-profit and non-profit boards including WellPoint Corporation. He is the Chairman of E&A Industries, Inc that owns and operates a number of businesses.
Mr. Hubbard has a B.A. from Vanderbilt University and received his Juris Doctorate and M.B.A. from Harvard University.
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