Martin Feldstein
Academic and Economist
Do We Need Another Stimulus Bill?...reason to avoid debating it! Today and over the weekend we had Brad DeLong and Paul Krugman and Matt Yglesias and Felix Salmon and Martin Feldstein and Brad DeLong (again!) and Ezra Klein and assorted eminent people in a Washington Post... In this article: Brad DeLong, Unemployment, Economist, Martin Feldstein, Ezra Klein, and Paul Krugman |
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TIME | November 05, 2009
China's Economic Policy in Question Ahead of Obama Trip
...for its "outrageous" currency policy. He was followed late last week by Martin Feldstein, a former chief economic adviser to Ronald Reagan, who made a similar argument in the pages of the Financial Times. Both noted that the RMB-dollar peg is...
In this article: China, Barack Obama, Beijing, Ben Bernanke, U.S., Financial crisis, Federal Reserve, International Monetary Fund, and Recession
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Wikipedia | October 31, 2009
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
...to counter the economic downturn. While in favor of a stimulus package, Feldstein expressed concern over the act as written, saying it needs revision to address consumer spending and unemployment more directly. Other economists, including John...
In this article: Tax, Barack Obama, Social Security, United States, Unemployment, Department of Education, and Medicaid
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Crooks and Liars | November 07, 2008
Larry Summers For Treasury Secretary?
3. He's a callous right-winger. Summers' academic mentor was conservative economist Marty Feldstein, and he worked for Feldstein at Ronald Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers in the early 1980s. Paul Krugman worked there too, so that...
In this article: Larry Summers, Harvard, Barack Obama, Washington, Toxic waste, Tax, Tim Geithner, Usaid, and Financial Times
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NPR | January 29, 2009
Obama Gives Keynes His First Real-World Test
...expect, like Paul Krugman, a proud Keynesian at The New York Times. There are also some surprises, like President Ronald Reagan's chief economic adviser, Martin Feldstein. Many of the economists say they just don't know whether the...
In this article: John Maynard Keynes, Alan Blinder, Economics, Tyler Cowen, Barack Obama, Inflation, Federal Reserve, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Recession
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Matthew Yglesias - The Atlantic | June 02, 2009
Prestige Cross-Pollination
...economics, but very few pundits and politicians made the right call so often. So no, there is no equivalency between Krugman and people like Mankiw and Feldstein. You cheapen Feldstein by saying his experience consists of "30 years of...
In this article: Paul Krugman, Greg Mankiw, Global warming, and China
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Description from Wikipedia:
Martin Stuart "Marty" Feldstein (born November 25, 1939 in New York City) is a conservative American economist. He is currently the George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University, and the president and CEO of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). From 1982 to 1984, Feldstein served as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and as chief economic advisor to President Ronald Reagan (where his deficit hawk views clashed with Reagan administration economic policies). He has also been a member of the Washington-based financial advisory body, the Group of Thirty since 2003.
- Birth Date:
- November 25, 1939
- Birthplace:
- New York City, NY, USA
- Nationality:
- American
- Students:
- Residence:
- United States
- University Attended:
- Field:
- Economist
- Known for:
- Feldstein-Horioka puzzle
- Associated With:
- American International Group 1988-
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