The U.S. fiscal union has worked, in no small part, by enabling subsidies to the Mississippis without requiring the approval of the Minnesotas. It creates an important form of insurance. Austan Goolsbee approvalcreateenable Change image and share on social
If a lobbyist sets up shop, or a lawyer, in which they're receiving income through what is something like a tax loophole so that it's not counting as corporate income, that is what this is counting as a small business. Austan Goolsbee businesscorporatecount share on social
I don't believe, the president doesn't believe, that the high income tax cuts work, period. I don't think the evidence supports that. Austan Goolsbee cutevidencehigh Change image and share on social
History teaches that the level of unemployment is not as important as whether the rate's going down. Austan Goolsbee historyimportantlevel Change image and share on social
I am a data hound and so I usually end up working on whatever things I can find good data on. The rise of Internet commerce completely altered the amount of information you could gather on company behavior so I naturally drifted toward it. Austan Goolsbee alteramountbehavior share on social
We know there are a lot of people in the unemployment pool that do not match up in their skill set for what jobs are going to be created, and that's an area we've got to keep pressing on. Austan Goolsbee areacreatehave Change image and share on social
The share of income that small business people are paying in taxes is the lowest it has been in 65 years - since Obama has cut taxes 18 or 22 times for small business. Austan Goolsbee businesscutincome Change image and share on social
Giving Northern Europe a veto over Southern Europe's budgets will not hold a monetary union together. The euro zone will continue to need the weaker countries to stomach decades of high unemployment to grind down wages. Austan Goolsbee budgetcontinuecountry share on social
Look, I don't dispute that the deficit has increased. Austan Goolsbee deficitdisputeincrease Change image and share on social
This recession is the deepest in our lifetimes, the deepest since 1929. If you take the people thrown out of work in the 1982 recession, the 1991 recession, the 2001 recession, not only is this bigger, this is bigger than all of those combined. Austan Goolsbee bigcombinedeep share on social
