Word: cea
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...official confirmation of Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein '61 as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) has become enmeshed in election-year politics, and the once certain event has now been delayed at least until December...
Reagan may make Feldstein temporary official chairman by using an obscure constitutional provision allowing appointments during a Senate recess, a CEA staffer said. But a White House spokesman refused to discuss that possibility yesterday, saying only "we hope that Professor Feldstein will be confirmed this afternoon...
Under Feldstein's predecessor--Murray Wiedenbaum--the CEA had apparently lost influence in the Administration. Wiedenbaum was reportedly uncomfortable with Reagan's massive defense expenditures and the subsequent large budget deficits...
Feldstein has attained national prominence, not only through such publications, but also as head of the prestigious Cambridge-based consulting firm, the National Bureau of Economic Research. He was reportedly offered the CEA chairmanship when Reagan first took office two years ago, but turned it down to help complete a major bureau study on capital formation.MARTIN FELDSTEIN...
...three have served previously on the CEA, Greenspan as its chairman Feldstein has not served on the council...