Council of Economic Advisers
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Event Involvements
Events with structured involvement data
The Council of Economic Advisors is invoked as one of the briefings Sam must synthesize for the President; their work becomes one thread in a complex weave of policy areas Sam must connect.
Referenced via Josh's instruction — their input is abstracted as part of the President's briefing load.
Advisory body whose analyses feed executive decision-making; in this scene their influence is indirect but consequential.
Forces a synthesis of policy domains, showing how expert bodies create inputs that require integration by trusted staff.
Not depicted directly; the need for synthesis implies potential silos between economics and other policy domains.
The Council of Economic Advisors is referenced by Josh as one of the inputs that Sam must relate to the President's other meetings; it functions as one strand of the complex informational weave Sam must synthesize.
Through the content of briefings and meetings Josh instructs Sam to reconcile.
A policy advisory body that exerts intellectual influence on presidential decisions, requiring translation by staff into actionable context.
Raises the stakes for Sam's role: failure to synthesize could create policy blind spots during a critical day.
Operates as a technocratic input requiring coordination with other departments and staff synthesizers.
The Council of Economic Advisers is referenced through the 'CEA' shorthand and the injunction to avoid the word 'recession,' signaling how economic framing is centrally mediated by advisory bodies and messaging teams.
Mentioned as the meeting whose language must be controlled ('The CEA?').
Advisory influence on administration messaging; not coercive but shaping public framing through guidance.
Illustrates how technical advisory bodies indirectly shape political communications and internal discipline.
Not dramatized; operates as background expertise guiding phrasing.
The Council of Economic Advisers is named in the hallway as the topic of Leo's next engagement ('The CEA?') and sets the immediate operational context for the exchange, adding weight to Leo's need for swift resolution.
Referenced as an upcoming meeting topic that must be balanced against personnel decisions.
Advisory body whose meetings command senior staff attention; its concerns can re-prioritize schedules and decisions.
Functions as a calibrator for public messaging and internal priorities, shaping how staff frame and justify personnel moves.
Operates outside this appointment fight but exerts time and rhetorical constraints on staff behavior.