Wed Nov 26, 7:07 AM Pacific • posted by Jed Lewison
Day 3 Of Obama Economic Team Rollout
Today marks the third and final day of President-elect Obama's economic team rollout, and the headline announcement is the creation of a White House economic review board, of which former Fed chief Paul Volcker will serve as chairman and University of Chicago economist Austan Goolsbee will serve as staff director.
This announcement, of course, brings to mind one of the funnier moments from the campaign: the mini-debate between Goolsbee and McCain economic adviser Douglas Holtz Eakin in which Goolsbee fired off a string of one-liners including the accusation that the list of ingredients on a box of Fruit Loops had more details in it than McCain's economic plan. Here's video for your viewing pleasure: