On his way out, Goolsbee faces the Truth-O-Meter
Austan Goolsbee, the soon-to-be-former top economic adviser to President Barack Obama, went on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour" to defend the administration's economic record. How accurate was he?
By Louis Jacobson :: Published on Tuesday, June 7th, 2011 at 10:58 a.m.
Fact-checking Austan Goolsbee
The new head of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers answers questions on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour" -- and makes his debut with the Truth-O-Meter.
By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan :: Published on Tuesday, September 14th, 2010 at 02:06 p.m.
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