Word: feldsteins
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Lindsey is best known by students for his job as head section leader for Social Analysis 10, "Principles of Economics," taught by Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein...
...Feldstein has chosen Douglas W. Elmendorf toreplace Lindsey as head teaching fellow for Ec 10.Elmendorf, who has yet to receive his doctorate,said yesterday he will serve out the spring as aninstructor in economics and will probably begranted an assistant professorship July 1st afterhe defends his dissertation...
...possibility [this promotion] would occurwas known to Professor Feldstein, ProfessorLindsey and me at the beginning of the year," saidElmendorf, who is in the midst of his first yearas an Ec 10 section leader. "Although it wassudden in a sense, it was not unexpected...
UNFORTUNATELY, Feldstein accepts these trends as a given. He wrote, "...the dollar now has to be lower than would have been necessary a decade ago. This is reinforced by such fundamental factors as the increasing competitiveness of the newly industrialized countries of Asia...
...Feldstein refers to the "fundamental factor" of declining American competitiveness because he does not believe it needs to be reversed. In fact, making America more competitive should be our economy's top priority...