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Painting the White House Green : Rationalizing Environmental Policy Inside the Executive Office of the President
Painting the White House Green Rationalizing Environmental Policy Inside the Executive Office of the President
Author: Randall Lutter, Jason F. Shogren
In economics and environmental policy, where disagreement among stakeholders and expert opinion is especially strong, the president needs good advice about political strategy, as well as unbiased information about the substance of policy issues. It is the latter need that the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is intended to address. Painting...  more » collects personal essays by eight Senior Staff Economists for Environmental and Natural Resource Policy who worked within the CEA from 1992 to 2002. These authors confirm the council's "severe" view of many environmental initiatives, a perspective that led President Bill Clinton to label his economic advisers as "lemon suckers." At the same time, they demonstrate that the emphasis on efficiency was to offer more effective environmental protection at lower cost. Thinking "green" meant thinking consistently about both economics and the environment.The essays in this innovative book present lively debates on clean air, climate change, and electricity deregulation that pitted economists at CEA, the Office of Management and Budget, and often the Treasury Department, against political advisers in the White House and officials at EPA and other agencies. The essays present vivid portraits of the power plays involved in environmental policymaking, rare insights into presidential decision-making, and revealing details of the ways that economic thinking influences -- or is neglected in -- a wide range of policy decisions.
ISBN-13: 9781891853722
ISBN-10: 1891853724
Publication Date: 8/9/2004
Pages: 176
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Publisher: Resources for the Future
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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