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economic adviser stories: 13 news summaries

Everybody Hates Larry

Presence of divisive Summers cranks up tensions on Obama's economic team

Jun 8, 09 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - On his 54th birthday, Tim Geithner brought Larry Summers a cake, and the guest of honor ad-libbed some lyrics, bellowing, “for he’s an unpleasant fellow,” rather than “for he’s a jolly good fellow.” In the months since, his colleagues have wondered if he was... More »

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Larry Summers • economic adviser • Obama administration • Timothy Geithner • National Economic Council

(Newser) - Larry Summers is no doubt putting in a lot of hours these days as a White House economic guru. Which might explain his ill-timed catnap today, in front of the media in the Roosevelt Room, as President Obama expounded on the dangers of the credit card industry, reports the Chicago ... More »

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sleep • economic adviser • Lawrence Summers • afternoon nap • National Economic Council

ANALYSIS

Obama's Econ Board Doesn't Look So Transparent

Transparency falling to expediency?

Mar 23, 09 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Barack Obama announced his Paul Volcker-led economic advisory board, he said it would meet every 2 weeks. Six weeks later it still hasn’t met, and isn’t planning on doing so until “late spring”—at least not publicly. Board members hint that some are meeting in... More »

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Barack Obama • Paul Volcker • economic adviser • transparency • Obama administration

OPINION

 Obama Should Draft Krugman 

NYT columnist would do a lot better than Geithner and Summers

Feb 19, 09 3:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s economic team so far has failed to inspire confidence, writes Steven Stark for the Boston Phoenix. Instead of Geithner and Summer, Obama should pick a new man to lead the charge on the financial crisis: Appoint Paul Krugram, Nobel laureate and economics columnist for the New York ... More »

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Paul Krugman • Larry Summers • economic adviser • deregulation • financial crisis • Timothy Geithner • car czar

Obama Names Economic Panel, Volcker to Lead

Drawing on industry and academia, Obama hopes to avoid Beltway vacuum

Feb 6, 09 7:06 AM CST
(Newser) - The White House today named a team of economic advisers, led by former Fed chairman Paul Volcker, to help shape the economic recovery with voices from outside the Beltway, the Washington Post reports. With an initial term of 2 years, the White House Economic Recovery Advisory Board will add to... More »

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Martin Feldstein • Paul Volcker • Jeffrey Immelt • Larry Summers • economic adviser • Obama administration • Timothy Geithner • Economic Recovery Advisory Board

Publishers Rush to Meet Need for Financial Advice

Bevy of new books strikes more somber, conservative tone

Jan 20, 09 2:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Book publishers and sellers are rushing to meet demand for personal-finance titles as the unrelenting economic crisis combines with New Year’s resolutions to prompt consumers to seek professional advice, the Wall Street Journal reports. However, the thrown-together texts might not prove very helpful: Many authors fail to provide specifics... More »

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personal finance • financial planning • investment • book • self-help • economic adviser • financial crisis • 401(k) plans

(Newser) - Barack Obama’s economic advisers are devising a new stimulus package that could top $1 trillion over 2 years, the Wall Street Journal reports. Insiders say the $500 billion plan considered last month is too cautious given America’s mounting economic woes. "Every day there's a new bad... More »

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Barack Obama • credit crisis • transition • economic stimulus package • economic adviser • President Obama • economic downturn

ANALYSIS

Obama Labor Snub Has Unions Worried

With no secretary yet among Obama's economic team, labor mulls role, agenda

Nov 26, 08 11:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Labor unions campaigned hard for Barack Obama, but are now worried he may have taken them for a ride, Politico reports. Unions noted with concern that there was no labor secretary-designate among the economic advisers introduced Monday, suggesting Obama isn’t emphasizing the position. “I hope they take that... More »

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Barack Obama • labor unions • economic adviser • David Bonior • President Obama

Obama Fiscal Team Reunites Rubin Protégés

But even ex-Treasury boss losing Clinton-era free-market policies

Nov 24, 08 9:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s incoming administration is stocked with acolytes of Bill Clinton-era Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, reports the New York Times. But even Rubin and his protégés are no longer quite as enamored as they once were of so-called Rubinomics—deregulation, balanced budgets, and free trade. Facing economic... More »

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Robert Rubin • Larry Summers • economic adviser • Obama administration • Timothy Geithner

OPINION

Obama Advisers Please the Right, But Not Much

Two 'pro-free-trade' centrists guide him,
up to a point

Aug 1, 08 6:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - If Barack Obama takes office, conservatives can take a small measure of comfort knowing that  two of his top economic advisers have generated angst on the left for being "centrist, pro-free-traders," writes Cesar Conda in the Weekly Standard. Austan Goolsbee and Jason Furman—the latter a Wal-Mart defender—... More »

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Barack Obama • globalization • Medicaid • NAFTA • George Will • free trade • protectionism • Austan Goolsbee • economic adviser • Jason Furman

Economy's Woes Put McCain Advisers in Spotlight

Brain trust's credentials questioned in economic slump

Apr 2, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain's choice of economic advisers is stirring up controversy, the Washington Post reports. Phil Gramm is vice-chairman of troubled UBS and oversaw widespread deregulation as chair of the Senate Banking Committee in the late 1990s, and Carly Fiorina was publicly ousted as CEO of Hewlett-Packard. In the current economic... More »

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John McCain • Carly Fiorina • McCain 2008 • economic adviser • economy • Phil Gramm

Clinton Slams Obama Over Nafta Talk

Report: Aide assured Canada the candidate was only 'positioning'

Mar 3, 08 3:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton hammered Barack Obama today over reports that his chief economic adviser privately told Canadian officials anti-Nafta talk was “more about political positioning than a clear articulation of policy.” The simmering story lurched forward today when the AP obtained the Canadian memo, reports Talking Points Memo. Obama's... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Canada • Ohio • NAFTA • rhetoric • Antan Goolsbee • economic adviser

In '08, It's Really the Economy, Stupid

Worried over job, credit, health woes, voters put Iraq on back burner

Dec 4, 07 12:45 PM CST
(Newser) - With gas prices stratospheric, the housing market tanking, and recession looking likely, voters aren't too worried about Iraq, reports the Wall Street Journal. Job concerns have transformed illegal immigration and health care into major issues. “You have to have a health plan even in the Republican primary,... More »

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John McCain • Democrats • Republican • recession • US economy • credit crisis • oil price • housing crisis • Election 2008 • economic adviser

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