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Edgar Fiedler

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Edgar Russell Fiedler
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy
In office
1971–1975
PresidentRichard Nixon, Gerald Ford
Preceded byMurray Weidenbaum
Succeeded bySidney L. Jones
Personal details
BornApril 21, 1929
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
DiedMarch 15, 2003
NationalityAmerican
Occupationeconomist

Edgar Russell Fiedler (April 21, 1929 – March 15, 2003)[1] was an American economist.

Biography

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Fiedler was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and later lived in Scarsdale, New York, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina.[2] He was a 1951 graduate of the University of Wisconsin.[2] He received an M.B.A. at the University of Michigan in 1956, and a Ph.D. in economics from New York University in 1970.[2]

He served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy from 1971 to 1975 during the presidencies of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.[2]

He served as Vice President, economic counselor, senior fellow and adviser of The Conference Board, a business research organization in Manhattan, which he first joined in 1975.[2] He edited its monthly publication, Economic Times.[3]

In the 1980s he was an adjunct professor of economics at the Columbia Graduate School of Business.[3] He authored The Roots of Stagflation (1984).[4][2]

He wrote the following wry rules for economic forecasters: “If you must forecast, forecast often. And if you’re ever right, never let ’em forget it.”[5]

References

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  1. ^ EDGAR FIEDLER (1929-2003), Social Security Death Index
  2. ^ a b c d e f Saxon, Wolfgang (March 19, 2003). "Edgar Russell Fiedler, 73, Economist and Treasury Aide". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ^ a b "EDGAR FIEDLER, 73, ECONOMIST". Sun Sentinel. 20 March 2003.
  4. ^ Edgar R. Fiedler (1984). The Roots of Stagflation. Conference Board. OCLC 11250847.
  5. ^ Joe Keohane (January 9, 2011). "That guy who called the big one? Don’t listen to him." The Boston Globe.
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