Martin Feldstein Quotes

Increased government spending can provide a temporary stimulus to demand and output but in the longe...

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To finance this trade deficit, the U.S. has to borrow from the rest of the world or sell American as...

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The only way that we can reduce our financial dependence on the inflow of funds from the rest of the...

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But because we in the United States finance our current account deficit by borrowing in our own curr...

Martin Feldstein

Former Chairman of Council of Economic Advisers

Born: 1939-11-25

Died: N/A

Martin Stuart "Marty" Feldstein (November 25, 1939 – June 11, 2019) was an American economist, the George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University, and the president emeritus 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 large military expenditure policies).More