Austan Goolsbee
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Austan Goolsbee is an American economist and former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers who has been a prominent advisor on U.S. economic policy, particularly during the Obama administration.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Austan Goolsbee canonical | 3 |
| Goolsbee | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3740269 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Austan Goolsbee Context triple: [Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry, hasMember, Austan Goolsbee]
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A.
Glenn Hubbard
Glenn Hubbard is an American economist and academic leader known for serving as dean of Columbia Business School and as a former chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers.
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B.
Gregory Mankiw
Gregory Mankiw is an American economist known for his influential work in macroeconomics, particularly in developing New Keynesian theory, and for authoring widely used economics textbooks.
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C.
Stanley Fischer
Stanley Fischer is an influential Israeli-American economist and policymaker known for his work in macroeconomics and New Keynesian theory, as well as for serving in top roles at the IMF, World Bank, Bank of Israel, and the U.S. Federal Reserve.
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D.
Michael D. Bordo
Michael D. Bordo is an economic historian known for his influential research on monetary history and policy, often focusing on financial crises and the evolution of central banking.
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E.
Karl E. Case
Karl E. Case was an American economist best known for co-developing the widely used Case-Shiller Home Price Index that tracks U.S. residential real estate prices.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Austan Goolsbee Target entity description: Austan Goolsbee is an American economist and former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers who has been a prominent advisor on U.S. economic policy, particularly during the Obama administration.
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A.
Glenn Hubbard
Glenn Hubbard is an American economist and academic leader known for serving as dean of Columbia Business School and as a former chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers.
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B.
Gregory Mankiw
Gregory Mankiw is an American economist known for his influential work in macroeconomics, particularly in developing New Keynesian theory, and for authoring widely used economics textbooks.
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C.
Stanley Fischer
Stanley Fischer is an influential Israeli-American economist and policymaker known for his work in macroeconomics and New Keynesian theory, as well as for serving in top roles at the IMF, World Bank, Bank of Israel, and the U.S. Federal Reserve.
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D.
Michael D. Bordo
Michael D. Bordo is an economic historian known for his influential research on monetary history and policy, often focusing on financial crises and the evolution of central banking.
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E.
Karl E. Case
Karl E. Case was an American economist best known for co-developing the widely used Case-Shiller Home Price Index that tracks U.S. residential real estate prices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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economist ⓘ human ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| advisorTo |
Barack Obama
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Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign
Obama 2012 presidential campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign
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| appointedBy | Barack Obama ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence | United States economic policy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ |
| employer | University of Chicago Booth School of Business ⓘ |
| familyName |
Goolsbee
ⓘ
linked to:
Austan Goolsbee
|
| fieldOfWork |
economics
ⓘ
industrial organization ⓘ internet economics ⓘ microeconomics ⓘ public policy ⓘ tax policy ⓘ |
| genre | economic commentary ⓘ |
| givenName |
Austan
ⓘ
linked to:
Auston
|
| hasAcademicRank | professor ⓘ |
| knownFor |
expertise in tax policy
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media appearances as an economics commentator ⓘ service as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Council of Economic Advisers
ⓘ
Democratic Party ⓘ |
| name | Austan Goolsbee ⓘ |
| notableRole | economic policy advisor to the U.S. President ⓘ |
| notableWork |
economic policy advising during the Obama administration
ⓘ
research on business investment and government policy ⓘ research on taxation and the digital economy ⓘ |
| occupation |
economist
ⓘ
professor ⓘ |
| partOf |
Obama administration
ⓘ
linked to:
Barack Obama presidency
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| positionHeld |
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
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Chief Economist of the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board ⓘ Member of the Council of Economic Advisers ⓘ President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Reserve Bank presidents
Professor of Economics ⓘ |
| residence | Chicago ⓘ |
| sector |
higher education
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public sector ⓘ |
| workLocation | Chicago ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Austan Goolsbee Description of subject: Austan Goolsbee is an American economist and former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers who has been a prominent advisor on U.S. economic policy, particularly during the Obama administration.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Austan Goolsbee