Austan Goolsbee, a University of Chicago economics professor and former chairman of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, called out Fox Business host Stuart Varney's suggestion that tax cuts, deregulation, and a return to trickle-down economics was the key to unleashing economic growth. Goolsbee was recently highlighted by Media Matters for being the only economist to discuss the economy during cable prime-time and Sunday news programming in the first quarter of 2016. From the April 25 edition of Fox Business's Varney & Co.:
Economist Austan Goolsbee Calls Out Fox Business Host For Pushing Right-Wing Spin On Tax Cuts
Goolsbee's Nuanced Fact-Checking Is A Great Example Of How Expert Input Can Improve Coverage Of The Economy
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