Tyler Beck Goodspeed (born 1984/1985)[1] is an American economist and economic historian who was the acting chairman of theCouncil of Economic Advisers from June 2020 to January 2021.[2]
In 2012, he publishedRethinking the Keynesian Revolution: Keynes, Hayek, and the Wicksell Connection.[9][10][11][12] His 2016 book,Legislating Instability: Adam Smith, Free Banking, and the Financial Crisis of 1772, analyses the collapse of theAyr Bank in theCrisis of 1772.[13][14][15][16][17] His 2017 book,Famine and Finance: Credit and the Great Famine of Ireland, analyzes the role of credit markets in mitigating the impact of adverse environmental shocks.[18]
He joined theCouncil of Economic Advisers in 2017 as senior economist and then chief economist for macroeconomic policy.[19] He became a member in 2019.[20][21] Goodspeed was appointed acting Chair on June 23, 2020.[22] Goodspeed also chaired the Economic Policy Committee at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).[23]
^Callahan, Gene (2013). "Rethinking the Keynesian Revolution: Keynes, Hayek, and the Wicksell Connection".Review of Political Economy.25 (4):682–685.doi:10.1080/09538259.2013.837322.S2CID154734483.
^Tribe, Keith (1 March 2018). "Legislating Instability: Adam Smith, Free Banking, and the Financial Crisis of 1772. By Tyler Beck Goodspeed (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2016) Pp. xii+208. $39.95".The Journal of Modern History.90 (1):183–184.doi:10.1086/695902.
^Kosmetatos, Paul (16 October 2016). "Tyler Beck Goodspeed, Legislating instability: Adam Smith, Free Banking, and the financial crisis of 1772 (Cambridge, MA, and London: Harvard University Press, 2016. Pp. xii + 208. 23 figs. ISBN 9780674088887 Hbk. £29.95)".The Economic History Review.69 (4):1371–1373.doi:10.1111/ehr.12437.