MEGAN MCARDLE ON AUSTAN GOOLSBEE: “Every time I talk to Goolsbee, I come away with some fresh insight–usually, as he shreds some fuzzy misconception I’ve been cherishing. I’m thrilled that he’ll be CEA chair, hopefully performing the same exercise for the president. . . . Indeed, while I’m very happy that he’s to head the CEA, I confess I’m a little surprised. I had always thought of him as being too independent–and independent minded–to spend long in the administration.”

I know Goolsbee slightly, though much less well than Megan. I wish him luck in that snakepit, but . . . .