Blanchflower Calls Krueger `Fantastic’ Pick by Obama

Aug. 30 (Bloomberg) — David Blanchflower, economics professor at Dartmouth College and Bloomberg Television contributing editor, talks about President Barack Obama’s nomination of economist Alan Krueger to head the White House Council of Economic Advisers. The nomination is subject to Senate confirmation. Krueger, who returned to Princeton University last November after serving as the Treasury Department’s chief economist for two years, would replace Austan Goolsbee. (Source: Bloomberg)