Word: fellner
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DIED. William Fellner, 78, influential conservative economist; of a heart attack; in Washington, D.C. A Budapest businessman, Fellner emigrated to America in 1939, then taught at Berkeley and Yale before President Nixon appointed him to the three-member Council of Economic Advisers (1973-75). Fellner was perhaps best known for his analytical studies of inflation, which helped lead to the indexation of federal income taxes, approved by Congress in 1981 and scheduled to become effective...