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Austan Goolsbee
Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics, Booth School of Business
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...
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