The only way that we can reduce our financial dependence on the inflow of funds from the rest of the world is to reduce our trade deficit. – Martin Feldstein
First, I think the science of monetary economics has clearly gotten better. – Martin Feldstein
A rise in the level of saving can reduce aggregate activity temporarily but only a sustained high level of saving makes it possible to have the sustained high level of business investment that contributes to the long-run growth of output. – Martin Feldstein
A second reason why science cannot replace judgement is the behavior of financial markets. – Martin Feldstein
Sharia has become an increasingly significant force in American capitalism, thanks to the embrace by Wall Street and the U.S. government of so-called Sharia-Compliant Finance. Indeed, this countrys taxpayers now own the largest purveyor of sharia-compliant insurance products in the world: AIG. – Frank Gaffney