David Romer
Maybe someone has already pointed this out to Brian, but David Romer (*that* Romer) has been selected to head the National Bureau of Economic Research Monetary Economics Program (Ben Bernanke's old post). His wife will be the head of the Council of Economic Advisors.
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January 7th, 2009 at 4:51 PM ^
I heard that his wife had gotten that job, but not about Romer himself.
January 7th, 2009 at 4:59 PM ^
Christina? Read that on Greg Mankiw's blog, iirc.
January 7th, 2009 at 5:08 PM ^
Christina got the top job with the Council of Economic Advisors. This is the bigger news. But David is also in an influential position with an important public policy group. My post was probably misleading: the group David heads is not officially part of the administration, but is an independent group that the government's economists often take very seriously.
Sorry for the confusion.
January 7th, 2009 at 6:41 PM ^
Econ nerds FTW.
January 7th, 2009 at 6:30 PM ^
us econ grads are real sweet