Dear Mr Hunt, I have been closely following the CAGW debate since 1989 - 90, when I was briefed by the IPCC's chief scientist, Sir John Houghton, and have provided advice on it in my former role as
an economic policy adviser.
My main contributions, as
an economic policy adviser, were three-fold: to help ensure that the model was correctly specified to address the issue in question; to understand the economic policy significance of the results; and to present them cogently to decision - makers (ministers, heads of department et al.) The modellers themselves weren't always too good at (2) and (3).
As
an economic policy adviser in the UK and Australia, I well understand that the assumptions that go into models are more critical than the mechanics.
These skills were part of my strength as
an economic policy adviser, given that I had a very broad concern with drivers of economic growth rather than a narrow speciality, and were applied to a diverse range of issues, including CAGW.
Touching faith, Tony, not borne out by my experience as a government
economic policy adviser.
This idea is apparently hotly opposed by most of Trump's foreign and
economic policy advisers.
Not exact matches
«The proposition that held from the 1950s until recently is that as businesses did well, so would workers,» says Robert Shapiro, a senior
policy scholar at Georgetown's Center for Business and Public Policy and former economic adviser to President Bill Cl
policy scholar at Georgetown's Center for Business and Public
Policy and former economic adviser to President Bill Cl
Policy and former
economic adviser to President Bill Clinton.
«Her problem is to remind people of her strengths and how her strengths are what the country needs right now,» says Robert Shapiro, an
economic adviser to former President Bill Clinton and to Hillary Clinton when she was in the Senate, and a senior
policy scholar at Georgetown's Center for Business and Public P
policy scholar at Georgetown's Center for Business and Public
PolicyPolicy.
He was a staff economist on the Council of
Economic Advisers under President Ronald Reagan from 1986 - 87, an adviser at the New York Fed from 1991 - 92 and 1995 - 97, and an assistant secretary for economic policy at the Treasury from 20
Economic Advisers under President Ronald Reagan from 1986 - 87, an
adviser at the New York Fed from 1991 - 92 and 1995 - 97, and an assistant secretary for
economic policy at the Treasury from 20
economic policy at the Treasury from 2002 - 03.
He has worked with Canadian politicians and policymakers of all political stripes to craft more effective public
policy, including his most recent role as an outside
economic adviser to Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.
North American stock markets had fallen sharply in late - morning trading following the departure of a top
economic adviser in the White House who had been the leading internal opponent to the president's planned protectionist
policies.
Trump's tweet came hours after his top
economic adviser Larry Kudlow told reporters the US is «in the pre-preliminary stages of any discussions» with TPP countries about rejoining the pact, and that the prospect of reentry was more a «thought» than a «
policy» at this point.
Trump signed an executive order to investigate the trade
policies around steel and aluminum in April 2017, a directive that sparked an internal struggle within the Trump administration, pitting free trade advocates, like chief
economic adviser Gary Cohn, against trade hawks like White House
adviser Peter Navarro.
Some went to high - profile, high - pressure jobs like Robert E. Rubin, a former senior partner, who is now one of President Clinton's trusted
policy advisers as the head of the National
Economic Council.
Stock futures were down across the board overnight after President Trump's top
economic adviser resigned over a trade
policy dispute.
Investors are looking for evidence that the White House
economic adviser or Federal Reserve chairman can act as an insurance
policy against a trade war.
Michael Pyle, a former
economic aide in the Obama administration who works at BlackRock, is an unpaid
adviser to the campaign on finance
policy.
The Washington Post counts 37 high - level Trump aides or
advisers who've resigned or been fired, including a chief of staff, multiple agency heads, and — importantly, given the administration's need to build a bench for its future — deputy directors of the National
Economic Council, the National Security Council, and the Domestic
Policy Council, as well as multiple deputy chiefs of staff.
Top Trump
economic adviser Gary Cohn is leaving the White House after breaking with President Donald Trump on trade
policy.
«Everybody needs the kinds of cheaper panels, not only in China, but also the world,» said Li Junfeng, a senior Chinese
economic adviser and the architect of many of China's renewable energy
policies, at The New York Times's Climate Tech conference on Thursday in San Francisco.
As former Nixon economics
adviser Herbert Stein observed, President Bush has made
economic growth the acid test by which every other
policy is to be judged, believing that such growth will permit progress on other fronts, including raising the standard of living for the poor.
He is also one of the few senior Labour figures to attempt fresh thinking, commissioning a review of the Treasury, establishing a group of formidable
economic advisers, framing
policies around what he calls an entrepreneurial state.
«Whereas employers were in «wait and see» mode three months ago, more private sector firms, particularly among private sector services firms, have decided to push the redundancy button in response to worsening
economic news,» the CIPD's public
policy adviser Gerwyn Davie said.
«The debate in this election won't fall on nonsensical personal stuff,» explained Collins» senior
adviser, Chris Grant, «but rather on
economic vision: Whose
policies are going to let the private sector create more jobs?»
«His media
adviser is a Stalinist, his new
policy adviser is a Trotskyist, and his
economic adviser is a communist.
He quit the world of finance in 1994 to become
economic adviser to the Lib Dems and, subsequently, their director of
policy.
The labs «provide essential capabilities for university and industrial researchers» and have made important contributions to America's
economic and military might, Moniz reminded a room packed with science
policy heavyweights, including 15 lab directors, National Cancer Institute chief Harold Varmus, former White House science
adviser Neal Lane, and lawmakers and staffers who serve on key committees overseeing federal research agencies.
Ultimately, says Jared Bernstein, senior fellow at the Center on Budget and
Policy Priorities and former
economic adviser to Vice-President Joe Biden, any real solution requires a federal role, both in terms of greater funding but also expertise.
In addition, because recalling a security may involve expenses to the fund, it is expected that the fund will do so only where the items being voted upon are, in the judgment of the investment
adviser, either material to the
economic value of the security or threaten to materially impact the issuer's corporate governance
policies or structure.
Dr. Salois most recently was director of global scientific affairs and
policy at Elanco Animal Health, which he joined in 2014 as an
economic research and
policy adviser.
The team consisted of Cesar Conda, an
adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney and now a political consultant; Andrew Lundquist, the White House energy
policy director, who is now an energy lobbyist; Kyle E. McSlarrow, the chairman of Dan Quayle's 2000 presidential campaign and now deputy secretary of energy; Robert C. McNally Jr., an energy and
economic analyst who is now an investment banker; Karen Knutson, a deputy on energy
policy and a former Republican Senate aide; and Marcus Peacock, an analyst on science and energy issues from the Office of Management and Budget.
Here's a small snippet in which Henk - Jan Brinkman, senior
adviser for
economic policy at the World Food Program, describes how even a short food shock can create long - lasting societal and
economic impacts.
Dr. Helm, a professor of energy
policy at Oxford and an
economic adviser to Britain's secretary of state for energy and climate change, recently discussed what he views as America's lucky break with natural gas and what we can learn from Europe's energy
policy mistakes.
Trump's top
economic adviser resigns amid differences on trade
policy, The Guardian Republican lawmakers in tight races now embrace gun control measures, Reuters
He has also worked as a
policy and management consultant in the fields of housing, Indigenous affairs, regional
economic development and employment, and early in his career was a
policy adviser and chief of staff to WA Government Ministers.
«When
policy becomes restrictive, that's usually the time when a recession starts to appear on the horizon,» said Joachim Fels, global
economic adviser at Pacific Investment Management Co..