Download or read book Presidential Decision Making written by Roger B. Porter and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1982-12-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inside account of decision making in the White House describes the organizational challenges the President faces. The Economic Policy Board was one of the most systematic and sustained attempts to organize advice for the President in recent decades. The author examines the Board's deliberations over three controversial policy issues, drawing on scores of interviews with cabinet officials and career civil servants.