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Martin Feldstein (1939 – 2019)

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Martin Feldstein, a professor of economics at Harvard, a former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, and a monthly Project Syndicate commentator since 2008, was one of the most accomplished economists of his generation. In his last commentary for PS (the top link below), Feldstein examined the ongoing dispute between the United States and China over trade and technology.

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  1. Will the US Capitulate to China?
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    Will the US Capitulate to China?

    Feb 25, 2019 Martin Feldstein warns that any bilateral trade deal that fails to address theft of US companies' technology will be useless.

  2. Why Is the Fed Still Raising Interest Rates?
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    Why Is the Fed Still Raising Interest Rates?

    Dec 27, 2018 Martin Feldstein sees three reasons for continuing to tighten monetary policy, despite slowing economic growth.

  3. How to Save Social Security Systems
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    How to Save Social Security Systems

    Nov 28, 2018 Martin Feldstein advocates a mixed system of fixed, tax-based benefits and variable, market-based returns.

  4. How to Increase America’s Saving Rate
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    How to Increase America’s Saving Rate

    Jul 26, 2018 Martin Feldstein advocates legislative reforms that would expand the use of private pension investment vehicles.

  5. Global Aging and Fiscal Solvency
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    Global Aging and Fiscal Solvency

    Jul 2, 2018 Martin Feldstein proposes two solutions to the problem of rising old-age-dependency ratios in many developed countries.

  6. America’s Exploding Budget Deficit
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    America’s Exploding Budget Deficit

    May 29, 2018 Martin Feldstein blames the sharp rise in US debt on rapid growth in Social Security and Medicare spending.

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    Giorgia Meloni’s Surprising Success

    Lucrezia Reichlin predicts that the Italian prime minister will have a lasting influence on European politics.
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    Are Global Capital Rules Possible?

    Howard Davies thinks major Western jurisdictions' institutional differences could sink standardization efforts.
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    Business Lessons from the Fall of Icarus

    Vanessa Badré scrutinizes a Flemish masterpiece to glean insights into the challenges of corporate social responsibility.
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    China Tightens Its Grip on Hong Kong

    Chris Patten condemns the latest attempt by the Communist Party’s puppet government to curb democratic freedoms.
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    The Struggle for Currency Supremacy

    Paolo Tasca

    New techno-powered alternative currencies should not be seen as decisive challenges to the US dollar. Instead, they are best understood as pawns in an older game of strategic dominance for which there is no end in sight.

    expects that digital assets will accelerate efforts to create alternatives to the US dollar.
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    The Oligarch, His Ex-Wife, Her Mother, and Rupert Murdoch

    Nina L. Khrushcheva contemplates the media mogul's impending marriage to the Russian biologist Elena Zhukova.
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    The Immigration Tinderbox

    In the United States and Europe, immigration tends to divide people into opposing camps: those who claim that newcomers undermine economic opportunity and security for locals, and those who argue that welcoming migrants and refugees is a moral and economic imperative. How should one make sense of a debate that is often based on motivated reasoning, with emotion and underlying biases affecting the selection and interpretation of evidence?

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    Senegal’s Election and Africa’s Future

    Rabah Arezki considers what Bassirou Diomaye Faye's presidency could mean for one of Africa's most closely watched democracies.
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    America Must Lead on Crypto Regulation

    Dante Alighieri Disparte urges policymakers to take decisive action and set new rules for the industry in 2024.

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