This article was originally published in UCSB’s ‘The Current.’
Environmental policies have economic impacts, and economic policies have environmental impacts. Fortunately, the Office of the President has someone on retainer to carefully consider these implications.
Associate Professor Kyle Meng will join the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), a body charged with guiding the president on economic policy based on data, research and evidence. Meng will serve as the senior economist tasked with the council’s climate, energy and environment portfolio. Meng will be on government detail beginning in late August.