Working with Policy Makers on Their Choices: A Decision Analyst Reminisces

Authors:
Rex V. Brown
Affiliations:
School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Venue:
Decision Analysis
Year:
2009

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Abstract

As a decision consultant and researcher, I discuss 40 years of working with policy makers on energy, environmental and foreign policy, defense, and other national issues, making heavy use of applied decision theory. I focus attention on decisions with significant human interest---where clients have sought not only to improve their own decisions, but also to justify them and to influence the decisions of others. I reflect on political, administrative, legal, and personal considerations involved.