Watching President-elect Obama put together his economic team has left me a little nervous. Some, like Lawrence Summers and Robert Rubin, are Clinton retreads who have always been more concerned with corporate interests than with working families. Geithner I'm not as sure about but judging by ...

WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama wants to project fiscal restraint even as his economic team assembles a massive recovery package that could cost several hundred billion dollars. A day after introducing the captains of his economic team and promoting a giant jobs plan, Obama on ...

My take on how Team Obama is dealing with matters economic is up at the...

Consolation for fiscal conservatives: it could have been much worse.

Words like "brilliant," "sharp," "energetic," and "visionary" are coming from across the political spectrum in praise for President-elect Barack Obama's choices to lead his economic team. "These are the kind of people you want with their hand on the till in a storm," said Sen. Kent Conrad ...

Obama has officially unveiled his economic team to generally positive reviews from people I often agree with (e.g. here and here ) considering their mainstream nature. Both Summers and Geithner are near the top of the list when it comes to pragmatic capitalists. Summers was very influential in ...

From Bloomberg: U.S. stocks posted the biggest two-day rally since 1987 after the government said it will guarantee $306 billion of troubled Citigroup Inc. assets and lawmakers pledged to pass another economic stimulus package. Citigroup, which lost 60 percent of its market value ...

Related Post . Geithner nominated as Treasury chief, Summers picked as director of National Economic Council By Jeanne Sahadi - CNNMoney NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — President-elect Barack Obama named key members of his administration’s economic team Monday, including ...

The good (Obama's Economic Team): The bad (Sen. Joe Lieberman lying about past statements he made regarding President-elect Obama): And the funny (Jimmy Kimmel gets Obama joke approval):

President-elect Barack Obama officially announced the key players in his economic team just this morning, but already economics and politics sites have reacted to the news. The Economist has praised Obama's pick of Tim Geithner for Treasury Secretary saying, "...ah glorious, glorious ...

President-elect Barack Obama officially announced the key players in his economic team just this morning, but already economics and politics sites have reacted to the news. The Economist has praised Obama's pick of Tim Geithner for Treasury Secretary saying, "...ah glorious, glorious ...

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce praised President-elect Barack Obama's newly-announced economic team Monday, giving Obama points for choosing experienced advisers for his team. "President-elect Obama has chosen a strong, experienced economic team," said Chamber President and CEO Thomas J. Donahue. ...

President-elect Barack Obama announced his Treasury Secretary and other key members of his economic team during a news conference in Chicago on Monday. Timothy Geithner, the chairman of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, will head the Treasury Department. Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence ...

Obama officially introduces his economic team . On the economic team, Rubinomics rules -with adjustments. Bush tax cuts might remain in place until 2011. WSJ asks, will Obama reappoint Bernanke ? Politico assesses the pending confirmation hearings for Geithner and Summers.  ...

In a press conference today, President-elect Barack Obama announced his economic team. As anticipated, he named Timothy Geithner -- president and chief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York -- Secretary of the Treasury and Harvard professor Lawrence...

Obama, at a press conference beginning now, rolled out his senior economic policy team, stressing the "historic proportions" of the crisis. Treasury Secretary Geithner, Obama notes, has been in the mix in the unfolding crisis, and "will waste no time getting up to speed," ...

President-elect Barack Obama holding news conference in Chicago to announce the members of his economic team.

Via Reuters , President-Elect Obama today intends to make official the word that's been coming down since last last week about his choices for Treasury and the National Economic Council: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama will announce the members of his economic team at a ...

CHICAGO — Eager to calm economic anxieties, President-elect Barack Obama is rolling out an economic vision that will require congressional cooperation even before he settles into his new desk in the White House's Oval Office. Obama will introduce his new economic leadership team ...

CHICAGO — Eager to calm economic anxieties, President-elect Barack Obama is rolling out an economic vision that will require congressional cooperation even before he settles into his new desk in the White House's Oval Office. Obama will introduce his new economic leadership team ...