Benjamin Friedman
Benjamin Friedman is the William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy, and formerly Chairman of the Department of Economics, at Harvard University. Friedman is a well-known macroeconomist whose work has focused on economic policy with emphasis on the role of the financial markets in shaping how monetary and fiscal policies affect overall economic activity. He is the author and/or editor of over a dozen books aimed primarily at economists and policy makers, as well as the author of more than 100 articles on monetary economics, macroeconomics, and monetary and fiscal policy. Prior to joining the Harvard faculty, Friedman worked with Morgan Stanley. He also worked in consulting and other capabilities with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. He is also a critic of U.S. government policies for the New York Review of Books.
Benjamin Friedman Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy
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Chairman, Department of Economics
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Economist
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Consultant to the President
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Research Assistant
Academic History
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Ph.D., Economics
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M.Sc.,Economics and Politics
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A.M., Economics
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A.B., Economics, summa cum laude
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Director, Private Export Funding Corporation
Trustee, Pioneer Funds
Long-time Director and Editorial Board Member, Encyclopaedia Britannica
Director, National Council on Economic Education
His research interests focus on macroeconomics, in particular the economics of monetary and fiscal policy, and on the broader connections between economics and other disciplines.
He currently teaches courses on macroeconomic policy and on the challenges to our society and politics stemming from the increased reliance on robots and artificial intelligence.
PUBLICATIONS
He has written and/or edited 14 books and more than 150 articles in professional journals, aimed primarily at economists and economic policymakers.
He also has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Review of Books.
RECOGNITIONS
2010 Phi Beta Kappa Prize
2008 Medal of the Italian Senate
2005 John R. Commons Award
2003 Joseph R. Levenson Prize
1982 David Horowitz Prize
1966 John Henry Williams Prize