Edgar Fiedler
Edgar Russell Fiedler | |
|---|---|
| Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy | |
| In office 1971–1975 | |
| President | Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Murray Weidenbaum |
| Succeeded by | Sidney L. Jones |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 21, 1929 |
| Died | March 15, 2003 (aged 73) |
| Occupation | economist |
Edgar Russell Fiedler (April 21, 1929 – March 15, 2003)[1] was an American economist.
Biography
Fiedler was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and later lived in Scarsdale, New York, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina.[1] He was a 1951 graduate of the University of Wisconsin.[1] 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.[1]
He served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy from 1971 to 1975 during the presidencies of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.[1]
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.[1] He edited its monthly publication, Economic Times.[2]
In the 1980s he was an adjunct professor of economics at the Columbia Graduate School of Business.[2] He authored The Roots of Stagflation (1984).[3][1]
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.”[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Saxon, Wolfgang (March 19, 2003). "Edgar Russell Fiedler, 73, Economist and Treasury Aide". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ a b "EDGAR FIEDLER, 73, ECONOMIST". Sun Sentinel. March 20, 2003.
- ^ Edgar R. Fiedler (1984). The Roots of Stagflation. Conference Board. OCLC 11250847.
- ^ Joe Keohane (January 9, 2011). "That guy who called the big one? Don’t listen to him." The Boston Globe.