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