Obama Said to Pick Krueger as Head of Economic Advisers

Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama plans to name Alan Krueger, a labor economist and former Treasury official, to lead the White House Council of Economic Advisers, according to a White House official. Krueger, who returned to Princeton University last November after serving as the Treasury Department’s chief economist for two years, will replace Austan Goolsbee. Hans Nichols and Michael McKee report on Bloomberg Television’s “InsideTrack.” (Source: Bloomberg)