Austan Goolsbee

Austan Goolsbee on set with Stephen Sackur

In a HARDtalk interview first broadcast on 29 January 2008, Stephen Sackur talks to Austan Goolsbee, Professor of Economics at the Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago.

As HardTalk's America series continues, Stephen Sackur travels to the internationally renowned Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago.

As the country faces the prospect of recession, management of the economy has become a key issue in the 2008 election.

Candidates know that their chances of winning the White House depend on their ability to persuade voters that they have the economic plan for a stable and prosperous future.

Stephen Sackur talks to Austan Goolsbee, economic adviser to Senator Barack Obama, about the current state of the US economy.

Does he think America can be steered away from recession?

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