But to use what is being done now as the basis for policy making would be misleading.

Just how the Fed will incorporate such factors into its policy making remains uncertain.

"Any lobbyist or trade association can make the case that their cause is right, but the real question in policy making is, why now?"

But social policy making must also be seen as a political process.

He has a sense that good policy making is served by having as much room for access as possible.

The commission's viability in long-range policy making could be at stake.

To fulfill the promise of the present situation, Western policy making should start with two facts.

I thought your point about evidence taking a couple of years to filter into policy making was telling.

"What is most important for policy making is a clear goal and purpose," he said.

The problem with this approach to policy making is that America's economic problems are too complicated.

During the cold war this policy did not make sense.

In the long run, neither policy would make any difference.

But he also said the greater issue was that the president's foreign policy had made the nation less safe over all.

The policies of this administration do not make any sense.

Of course, it is possible that the policy makes things worse.

For them, the common agricultural policy makes a real difference.

But the policies of this Government have for some time made a bad situation worse.

They said the policies, particularly in Iraq, had made the world more dangerous.

In general the policy makes sense, especially when set against the errors of the past.

If nobody else in the world had any farm land, this policy might make sense.