Word: lindseyism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...very much an independent thinker," says Lawrence B. Lindsey, a special assistant to President Bush who did his graduate work with Feldstein at Harvard. "Even when you disagree with him, you know that he has good reasons for thinking the way he does...
Feldstein is most well-known for his criticism of recent presidential deficit spending and his outspoken demands for tax increases. "He was drawing attention to the deficit as a problem before anyone else did," says Lindsey...
Feldstein was also one of the first policy analysts to make a connection between the deficit and currency exchange fluctuations. "He tends to be ahead of the curve in terms of seeing problems," Lindsey says...
...think he restored a lot of credibility to the CEA. There had been...the sense that the CEA was a bit of a cheerleader for the administration," says Lindsey. "He renewed a sense of respect for its independence...
...heart, he is an academic through and through," says Lindsey. "He'll always put his academic integrity first...