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In this week\u2019s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Fran Moore, an associate professor at the University of California, Davis, about what it\u2019s like to serve as a senior economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Moore discusses the function of the CEA within the executive branch of the federal government, the range of economic expertise within the CEA, and how economists can improve the utility and relevance of their research for policymaking.\n\nReferences and recommendations:\n\nFrontiers of Benefit-Cost Analysis from the US Office of Management and Budget; https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/information-regulatory-affairs/frontiers-of-benefit-cost-analysis/\n\n\u201cA Progress Report on Climate-Energy-Macro Modeling,\u201d containing a memo on tools to support the management of near-term macroeconomic and financial climate risks, from the Council of Economic Advisors; https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2023/12/22/a-progress-report-on-climate-energy-macro-modeling/\n\n\u201cLosing Earth: A Recent History\u201d by Nathaniel Rich; https://www.mcdbooks.com/losing-earth/\n\n\u201cIf Women Counted: A New Feminist Economics\u201d by Marilyn Waring; https://www.marilynwaring.com/publications/if-women-counted.asp\n\n\u201cThe Economist\u2019s View of the World and the Quest for Well-Being\u201d by Steven E. Rhoads; https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/economists-view-of-the-world/ABF1A4B73AA084CB909A3FF498153F16#fndtn-information