Expand All Collapse All Extent 34 folders, approximately 197 pages Summary This collection consists of correspondence sent to President Clinton from Joseph Stiglitz, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors from 1995 to 1997. Topics of this correspondence include economic reports, retail sales, education, second term initiatives, welfare proposals, employment, consumer price index, and housing. Scope and Content Note The materials in FOIA 2012-0908-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related materials. The records in this FOIA are memorandums sent from Joseph Stiglitz to President Clinton. Stiglitz was the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) from 1995 to 1997. The memos cover a variety of topics including comments on the weekly economic reports, retail sales, education, second term initiatives, a National Governors Association welfare proposal, employment, the consumer price index, and housing. Prior to joining the Clinton Administration in 1993, Joseph Stiglitz taught at Princeton, Stanford, MIT and Yale. He was awarded the John Bates Clark Award from the American Economic Association in 1979. After leaving the Clinton Administration in 1997, Stiglitz went on to serve as the Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President of the World Bank from 1997-2000. He is currently a University Professor at Columbia University and a Co-Chair of Columbia University’s Committee on Global Thought. In 2001, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics, and he was a lead author of the 1995 Report of the Inter-government Panel on Climate Change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. In 2011, Stiglitz was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine. Record Type Textual System of Arrangement Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in one collection area- Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM Subject Files. The White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) contains a variety of series created to organize and track documents and correspondence. The WHORM Subject file was compiled by the White House Office of Records Management and is a series of categories designated by a letter/number combination. WHORM files are processed at the document level. FOIA 2012-0908-F includes WHORM records from these subject codes: BE Business – Economics BE004-01 Cost of Living BE004-03 National Income- Product Data- GDP(Gross Domestic Product) ED Education FG001 Federal Government- Organizations FI001-02 Disbursements- Expenditures- Deficit Spending FI004 Budget- Appropriations FI007 Interest Rates HE Health HS Housing JL002 Civil Matters LA Labor Management LA002 Conditions- Employment- Unemployment LA005 Strikes- Work Stoppage- Arbitration TA003 Exports WE Welfare. Access Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 22, as amended) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions. Copyright Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States government as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Researchers are advised to consult copyright law of the United States (17 U.S.C. Chapter 1) which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Provenance Offical records of William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency are housed at the Clinton Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA). Processed by Staff Archivist, 2012. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released. Last Modified Date 2015-09-14 Container List The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2012-0908-F: Box 1 Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File Category Case Number BE 110186SS BE 156106SS BE 168960SS BE 169458SS BE 175015SS BE 190517SS BE004 120338SS BE004-01 101849SS BE004-01 120165SS BE004-01 120337SS BE004-01 185384SS BE004-01 185572SS BE004-01 194350SS Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File (continued) Category Case Number BE004-03 127761SS BE004-03 185571SS ED 175014SS FG001 193749SS FI001-02 139243SS FI004 149362SS FI007 128172SS FI007 144080SS FI007 160319SS HE 133402SS HS 101850SS HS 121085SS HS 126272SS JL002 190564SS LA 182561SS LA002 160114SS LA002 191895SS LA005 157207SS TA003 094129SS TA003 126582SS WE 150431SS