When the President Calls: Conversations with Economic Policymakers

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When the President Calls: Conversations with Economic Policymakers - Paperback

When the President Calls: Conversations with Economic Policymakers - Paperback

by Simon W. Bowmaker
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Book Overview

Interviews with thirty-five economic policymakers who advised presidents from Nixon to Trump.

What is it like to sit in the Oval Office and discuss policy with the president? To know that the decisions made will affect hundreds of millions of people? To know that the wrong advice could be calamitous? When the President Calls presents interviews with thirty-five economic policymakers who served presidents from Nixon to Trump. These officials worked in the executive branch in a variety of capacities--the Council of Economic Advisers, the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of the Treasury, and the National Economic Council--but all had direct access to the policymaking process and can offer insights about the difficult tradeoffs made on economic policy. The interviews shed new light, for example, on the thinking behind the Reagan tax cuts, the economic factors that cost George H. W. Bush a second term, the constraints facing policymakers during the financial crisis of 2008, the differences in work styles between Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, and the Trump administration's early budget process.

When the President Calls offers a unique, behind-the-scenes perspective on US economic policymaking, with specific and personal detail--the turmoil, the personality clashes, the enormous pressure of trying to do the right thing while the clock is ticking.

Interviews with
Nicholas F. Brady, Lael Brainard, W. Michael Blumenthal, Michael J. Boskin, Stuart E. Eizenstat, Martin S. Feldstein, Stephen Friedman, Jason Furman, Austan D. Goolsbee, Alan Greenspan, Kevin A. Hassett, R. Glenn Hubbard, Alan B. Krueger, Arthur B. Laffer, Edward P. Lazear, Jacob J. Lew, N. Gregory Mankiw, David C. Mulford, John Michael Mulvaney, Paul H. O'Neill, Peter R. Orszag, Henry M. Paulson, Alice M. Rivlin, Harvey S. Rosen, Robert E. Rubin, George P. Shultz, Charles L. Schultze, John W. Snow, Gene B. Sperling, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Lawrence H. Summers, John B. Taylor, Paul A. Volcker, Murray L. Weidenbaum, Janet L. Yellen
ISBN9780262547727
Author Simon W. Bowmaker
PublisherMIT Press
GenreBiography, News & politics, and Literature
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2023
LanguageENG- English
Pages688
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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When the President Calls: Conversations with Economic Policymakers - Paperback

When the President Calls: Conversations with Economic Policymakers - Paperback

By Simon W. Bowmaker

About Simon W. Bowmaker

Simon W. Bowmaker is Clinical Professor of Economics at the Stern School of Business, New York University, and Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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