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Martin Feldstein

1939 - 2019

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Martin Stuart Feldstein ( FELD-styne; November 25, 1939 – June 11, 2019) was an American economist. He was the George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University and the president emeritus of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He served as president and chief executive officer of the bureau from 1978 to 2008 (with the exception of 1982 to 1984). 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 the Reagan administration's large military expenditure policies). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Feldstein is the 367th most popular economist (up from 370th in 2019), the 10,768th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,651st in 2019) and the 117th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Martin Feldstein ranks 367 out of 414. Before her are Arkady Dvorkovich, W. Michael Blumenthal, Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, Rose Friedman, Ariel Rubinstein, and Masaaki Shirakawa. After her are John B. Taylor, Ester Boserup, Pier Carlo Padoan, Paul Craig Roberts, Ha-Joon Chang, and Sevil Shhaideh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Martin Feldstein ranks 554. Before her are Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, Barney McKenna, Jan-Just Bos, S. David Griggs, Bob Clark, and Mickey Kantor. After her are Stanley Anderson, Jorge Fons, James M. Bardeen, James Dunn, Lee Trevino, and Ted Kaufman. Among people deceased in 2019, Martin Feldstein ranks 507. Before her are Nicolae Pescaru, Nadja Regin, Robert Ouko, José Rodrigues Neto, Neil Innes, and Joseph Pilato. After her are Ugo Colombo, Zaza Urushadze, Muriel Pavlow, Vasil Metodiev, Héctor Santos, and John McEnery.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martin Feldstein ranks 10,770 out of 20,380. Before her are Donald A. Wollheim (1914), Don Dokken (1953), John Logan (1961), Mickey Kantor (1939), Joseph F. Smith (1838), and Lola Glaudini (1971). After her are Nathaniel Lyon (1818), Max Baucus (1941), Ned Block (1942), John Sebastian (1944), Art Mollner (1912), and Lenny Von Dohlen (1958).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Martin Feldstein ranks 117. Before her are John R. Commons (1862), Don Patinkin (1922), Fischer Black (1938), Edith Abbott (1876), Henry Charles Carey (1793), and Frank Fetter (1863). After her are John B. Taylor (1946), Paul Craig Roberts (1939), Richard Florida (1957), Kenneth Rogoff (1953), Michael Albert (1947), and Laura Tyson (1947).

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