Evidence-Based Policymaking: A View from the White House Council of Economic Advisers Wed., April 21, 2021 | 5:30 PM — 6:45 PM Virtual Event 1307 E. 60th Street Chicago, IL 60637 United States Sponsored By: Harris Public Policy Forum Established in 1946, the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is tasked with providing the President of the United States with impartial economic analysis and evidence-based policy recommendations. In the face of tough trade-offs and uncertainty, the CEA has helped presidents decide matters of economic policy, with ramifications for safety net programs and inequality, public health, environmental policy, and more. Join Harris Public Policy and the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics for a panel discussion with University of Chicago faculty serving on the CEA during the George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump presidencies for a peek behind the curtain on some of the most significant economic decisions of the last two decades. This virtual event, cosponsored by the Harris School of Public Policy and the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics, will feature Katherine Baicker, Austan Goolsbee, Michael Greenstone and Tomas Philipson, with special remarks by President Biden's CEA Chair Cecilia Elena Rouse. Register Now Recent News More news UChicago Students Propose Solutions to Chicago’s Pension Crisis Mon., March 18, 2024 Harris Voices: Katie Savage, CLA'19, on Learning to Look Around and Be in Community Fri., March 08, 2024 Harris Policy Students See the Real-Life Impact of Tax Policy while Serving the Community Wed., March 06, 2024
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