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Austan Goolsbee was born on August 18, 1969 in Waco, Texas, United States. Austan Goolsbee is an economist. That works out to 56 years old in 2026. Schooling on record includes Yale University. Listed accolades include Sloan Fellowship (2000) and Fulbright Scholarship.
My Take
I find Austan Goolsbee compelling because he bridges the academy and the corridors of power so naturally. Born in Waco, Texas in 1969, Yale-educated and a longtime University of Chicago Booth professor, he chaired Obama's Council of Economic Advisers and now leads the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Economists who can move fluidly between rigorous research and real policymaking are rare, and rarer still are those who explain it all with genuine clarity and humor. That gift for translation is what I admire most. When someone like Goolsbee speaks on the economy, I tend to listen carefully.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Austan Goolsbee
- Name (Japanese)
- オースタン・グールズビー
- Reading
- おーすたん・ぐーるずびー
- Born
- August 18, 1969 (age 56)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Rooster
- Origin
- Waco, Texas, United States
- Occupation
- economist
2. Background
- University
- Yale University
Awards & achievements
- 2000 Sloan Fellowship
- Fulbright Scholarship
3. Links
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
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