Martin Feldstein

Martin Feldstein, Professor of Economics at Harvard University and President Emeritus of the National Bureau of Economic Research, chaired President Ronald Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisers from 1982 to 1984. In 2006, he was appointed to President Bush's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, and, in 2009, was appointed to President Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board. Currently, he is on the board of directors of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission, and the Group of 30, a non-profit, international body that seeks greater understanding of global economic issues.

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Newsart for Reducing Inequality and Poverty in America

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EconomicsAUG 23, 2016 45

Reducing Inequality and Poverty in America

The current election season in the US has reflected widespread concern about inequality. Reducing poverty, rather than penalizing earned success, is the right focus for dealing with it, and that means… read more

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EconomicsJUL 25, 2016 57

America’s Exploding Deficit

Although the US debt-to-GDP ratio doubled in the past decade, the Obama administration and Congress ignored the problem, focusing instead on the annual deficit’s decline since 2012 and the relative st… read more

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EconomicsJUN 28, 2016 63

How EU Overreach Pushed Britain Out

In the end, despite all the warnings and dire forecasts, the British people voted to take their chances by leaving the EU. If the EU is to save itself from further disintegration, it needs to understa… read more

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EconomicsMAY 23, 2016 41

A Debt Agenda for the G7

On May 26-27, the heads of the Group of Seven leading industrial countries will gather in Japan to discuss common security and economic problems. A major common problem that deserves their attention i… read more

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EconomicsAPR 29, 2016 12

Japan’s Economic Quandary

The Japanese economy is a paradoxical mixture of prosperity and failure. And, in a significant way, its prosperity makes its failures – beginning with its outsize budget deficit and government debt – … read more