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President-elect Barack Obama, right, stands with former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, chairman-designate of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board, center, and chief economist-designate Austan Goolsbee
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009

Open quoteThe guy's a giant, he's a genius. He is a great human being.Close quote

  • AUSTAN GOOLSBEE,
  • an economics adviser to President Obama, on economist Paul Volcker, whose calls to ban banks from trading risky securities have been ignored by the White House
Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP | Source: NEW YORK TIMES