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Martin Feldstein

1939–2019

Martin Feldstein (1939–2019) was a prominent American economist and professor at Harvard University, known for his work on public finance, social security, and the economics of taxation. He served as the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Ronald Reagan and was a leading voice in supply-side economics, though he often critiqued its more extreme forms. His research profoundly influenced U.S. fiscal policy and the debate on entitlement reform.

Economics

The American Economy in Transition
Social Security and the Distribution of Income
Tax Policy in the Twenty-First Century
The Budget Deficit and the Dollar
The Case for Privatizing Social Security
The Economics of the Welfare State
Feldstein's Law: The Relationship Between Budget Deficits and Interest Rates
Interview with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (1980)
Testimony before the Senate Finance Committee on Social Security Reform (2005)

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