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Christopher Edley, Jr., attended Harvard Law School. After graduation, he worked on domestic policy in the Carter White House and then served as national issues director for Michael Dukakis's presidential campaign in 1987 and 1988. He advised President-Elect Clinton's transition team in 1992 and, upon Clinton's inauguration, was appointed an Associate Director for the Office of Management and Budget, where he served until 1995. He is currently the Dean of Boalt Hall, the UC Berkeley School of Law.
In this interview, Edley discusses Clinton's economic agenda and how it transformed over the course of the election and into his first term as president. Clinton's emerging concern with deficit reduction is chiefly discussed.