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Tyler Goodspeed
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| Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers | |
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| In office June 23, 2020 – January 7, 2021 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Tomas J. Philipson (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Cecilia Rouse |
| Member of the Council of Economic Advisers | |
| In office May 22, 2019 – January 7, 2021 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Richard Burkhauser |
| Succeeded by | Heather Boushey |
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Tyler Beck Goodspeed
1984/1985 (age 39–40) Exeter, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Oliver McPherson-Smith |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, MA, PhD) Emmanuel College, Cambridge (MPhil, PhD) |
Tyler Beck Goodspeed is an American economist and historian. He was the acting chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers from June 2020 to January 2021. An economist studies how people and societies use resources.
Early Life and Education
Tyler Goodspeed was born in Exeter, New Hampshire. He finished high school at Phillips Exeter Academy in 2003.
He went to Harvard University and earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in economics and history in 2008. He also received a Master of Arts (MA) degree from Harvard in 2011. In 2014, he earned his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in history from Harvard, focusing on economic history.
He also studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge in the United Kingdom. There, he earned a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree in economic and social history in 2009. He later received another PhD in economics from Cambridge University.
Career Highlights
From 2014 to 2017, Goodspeed worked as a researcher in economics at St. John's College, Oxford at Oxford University. He also taught economics at King's College London from 2016 to 2017.
He has written several books about economics and history:
- In 2012, he published Rethinking the Keynesian Revolution. This book looked at ideas from famous economists like John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek.
- His 2016 book, Legislating Instability, studied a financial crisis that happened in 1772.
- In 2017, he wrote Famine and Finance. This book explored how credit markets helped during the Great Famine of Ireland.
In 2017, Tyler Goodspeed joined the Council of Economic Advisers in the United States. This group advises the President on economic matters. He started as a senior economist and later became the chief economist for macroeconomic policy. In 2019, he became a member of the Council.
He was appointed as the acting Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers on June 23, 2020. He also led the Economic Policy Committee at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
After leaving the Council, he became a fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in March 2021. In 2023, he became the Chief Economist of ExxonMobil Corporation.
Personal Life
Tyler Goodspeed is married to Oliver McPherson-Smith, who is also an academic.
Books
- Rethinking the Keynesian Revolution: Keynes, Hayek, and the Wicksell Connection (2012)
- Legislating Instability: Adam Smith, Free Banking, and the Financial Crisis of 1772 (2016)
- Famine and Finance: Credit and the Great Famine of Ireland (2017)
