El principal asesor económico de Obama deja la Casa Blanca
Austan Goolsbee retomará su antiguo trabajo en la Universidad de Chicago

Austan Goolsbee, el asesor económico de mayor rango del presidente de EEUU, Barack Obama, y el único economista que quedaba en su círculo más cercano, dejará la Casa Blanca antes de septiembre para retomar su antiguo trabajo en la Universidad de Chicago.

Goolsbee, presidente del Consejo Presidencial de Asesores Económicos desde hace un año, regresará a su cátedra de Economía en la escuela de negocios del centro universitario, según informó la mansión presidencial en un comunicado.

"Desde que aspiré por primera vez al Senado de Estados Unidos, Austan ha sido un amigo cercano y uno de mis asesores de más confianza", dijo Obama en el comunicado.

"A lo largo de los últimos años, nos ha ayudado a sacar a nuestro país de la peor crisis económica desde la Gran Depresión, y aunque aún queda mucho trabajo por hacer, sus consejos han ayudado a dirigirnos hacia una economía que crece y crea millones de empleos. Es uno de los mayores pensadores económicos de EEUU", aseguró el presidente.
La mayor ayuda de Obama

El catedrático, que acompañó a Obama desde el inicio de su campaña presidencial en Chicago, le ayudó a enfrentarse al monstruo de la crisis desde uno de las principales puestos en el Consejo de Asesores del Presidente para la Recuperación Económica, y después le aconsejó desde el Consejo sobre Empleo y Competitividad.

"Trabajar cada día en nombre de los estadounidenses ha sido un privilegio único, particularmente en un momento tan histórico", aseguró Goolsbee.

El asesor se mostró "deseoso de volver a su hogar en Chicago" y aseguró que siempre estará "orgulloso" de los años que ha pasado "trabajando para este presidente".

"Creo que su buen juicio, su valentía al enfrentarse a la peor crisis económica de nuestras vidas, y su compromiso con el pueblo estadounidense han marcado una diferencia tremenda para el país", añadió.

La Casa Blanca se plantea nombrar este verano a un sucesor de Goolsbee, y maneja los nombres de varios economistas que se mueven en el ámbito académico, según indicó la edición digital de The New York Times, que cita fuentes del Gobierno.

Mr. Goolsbee was one of several liberal economists on Mr. Obama's team at the start of the administration, and he was the only one left after the departure of his predecessor at the Council of Economic Advisers, Christina Romer, and Vice President Joe Biden's economic adviser, Jared Bernstein. Mr. Goolsbee turned out to be more of a pragmatist than Ms. Romer and Mr. Bernstein.

During the campaign, he advised against allowing the capital gains and dividend tax rates to rise back to Clinton-era levels, even for the affluent households, though he did believe income tax rates for the wealthy should go back up to the 1990s levels. He based that decision on academic work that he said showed high rates of taxation on investments adversely affect the behavior of would-be investors. That view prevailed.

Another recommendation was overruled. Mr. Goolsbee opposed the government's bailout of Chrysler, which Mr. Obama ultimately supported and has been citing as one of the big successes of his administration's economic policy. On Friday, the president traveled to the Chrysler plant in Toledo, Ohio, to announce that the auto company had repaid the government on "the investment we made during my watch."

The departures of Messrs. Goolsbee and Bernstein and of Ms. Romer have coincided with the hiring by Mr. Obama of experienced political deal-makers, as the White House shifted from working with a Democratic-controlled Congress in its first two years to negotiating more with Republicans, who gained power in the 2010 election.

The new team has included veterans of divided government from the Clinton White House, such as National Economic Council Chairman Gene Sperling and Vice Presidential Chief of Staff Bruce Reed.

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Haciendo zapping ahora mismo acabo de ver algo de un escandalo sexual en USA.Tiene algo que ver con esto??

New York Rep. Anthony Weiner admitted sending sexually suggestive photographs to women online but said he doesn't plan to resign from Congress. Michael Saul has details.

Rep. Anthony Weiner on Monday admitted sending sexually suggestive photographs or messages to six women online over three years, but said he wouldn't resign over his behavior or the lies he told to cover it up.
The New York Democrat's effort to control the damage caused by disclosures about his secret online life didn't satisfy his party's leaders.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) called for a congressional ethics investigation of Mr. Weiner, a request that was immediately seconded by Rep. Steve Israel, head of the House Democrats' campaign arm and a fellow New York lawmaker.

Ms Pelosi said an investigation was needed "to determine whether any official resources were used or any other violation of House rules occurred.''

In a statement issued late Monday, Mr. Weiner said he welcomed an ethics investigation of his conduct, and would "fully cooperate'' with any such inquiry.

Mr. Weiner, a Queens Democrat, is married to Huma Abedin, a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He fought back tears as reporters shouted questions at a late-afternoon news conference in New York about phone sex, the age of the women in question, and whether he was a sex addict.

Mr. Weiner, 46 years old, admitted that he had lied during the past week in an attempt to cover up his actions, and apologized repeatedly and profusely to his wife of less than a year. He said that in the past three years, he had engaged in conversations with about half a dozen women online. He said he didn't have physical relationships with the women.

"I have not been honest with myself, my family, my constituents, my friends, my supporters, and the media,'' said Mr. Weiner, once viewed as a leading candidate to succeed Michael Bloomberg as New York's next mayor. "I am deeply ashamed.''

Mr. Weiner said he told his wife Monday morning that he had lied about sending the photograph that started the controversy—a picture of a man's crotch in bulging underwear sent to a female college student in Seattle.

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y también hace poco con otro que quiso meterse con alguien gordo de Wall Street -sale en "Inside Job" y le quitaron de enmedio: tuvo que salir pidiendo perdón públicamente (y con la mujer al lado) por irse de putas....

Work as Attorney General

As Attorney General, Spitzer stepped up the profile of the office. Traditionally, state attorneys general have pursued consumer rights cases, concentrating on local fraud while deferring national issues to the federal government. Breaking with this traditional deference, Spitzer took up civil actions and criminal prosecutions relating to corporate white-collar crime, securities fraud, Internet fraud, and environmental protection.[23]

A number of experts, including economists, lawyers and political analysts have commented on Spitzer's active role in public policy debates. The New York Attorney General's office has Wall Street (and thus many leading corporate and financial institutions) within its jurisdiction. Also, the New York Attorney General wields greater than usual powers of investigation and prosecution as to corporations under New York State's General Business Law. In particular, under Article 23-A, § 352 (more commonly known as the Martin Act of 1921), the New York Attorney General has the power to subpoena witnesses and company documents pertaining to investigations of fraud or illegal activity by a corporation. Spitzer used this statute to allow his office to prosecute cases which have been described as within federal jurisdiction.[24][25] In January 2005, the president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce described Spitzer's approach as "the most egregious and unacceptable form of intimidation we've seen in this country in modern times".[26]

Spitzer used this authority in his civil actions against corporations and criminal prosecutions against their officers. It proved its usefulness in the wake of several U.S. corporate scandals that began with the collapse of Enron in 2001. Several of these corporations, as well as the brokerage houses that sold their stock, were accused of having inflated stock values by unethical means throughout the 1990s. When inquiries into these allegations by the SEC and Congress failed to gain traction, Spitzer's office used its subpoena power to obtain corporate documents, building cases against the firms both in courtrooms and in public opinion.

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Pues ya van unos cuanto asesores económicos que renuncian a su cargo y abandonan a Obama. No es el único asesor económico que ha tirado la toalla.


Posiblemente no ven solución al problema y abandonen,


Por cierto según el articulo era el último economista en el entorno de Obama, con lo cual están apañados, sin economistas para hacer frente a a crisis.