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...Professor Feldstein were head-and-shoulders the leading candidate [for the Fed chair]...the White House team would be digging into his role at AIG pretty vigorously,” he said, adding that he has no inside knowledge of White House preferences. “I think they’re probably looking into it at some degree right...
Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein ’61 may have left the federal government more than two decades ago, but keeping one foot in the door, he continues to exert powerful influence on national economic policy...
...proteges have risen to the nation’s top economic policy posts, and Feldstein himself has counseled the Bush administration from behind the scenes...
...began his career as an economist at Harvard nearly 50 years ago, but unlike other contenders for the post, Feldstein hasn’t held a job in Washington since 1984, when he finished a term as chairman of President Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). At the CEA, Feldstein gained a reputation as a conservative economist with a strong dislike for deficits...
...despite his rocky tenure in government, Feldstein maintains a close relationship with policy-makers in Washington to this day and remains a fervent supporter of President Bush’s economic policies...