Benjamin M. Friedman

Professor Benjamin M. Friedman is the William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University, and a former Chairman of the Department of Economics. He is a macroeconomist who has authored many books, including The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth (2005) and Day of Reckoning (1988), and more than one hundred and fifty articles over a thirty year period. His research centers on economic policy and the role of financial markers in shaping how monetary and fiscal policies affect overall economic activity. He is also a critic of U.S. government policies for the New York Review of Books. Friedman has served as the Director and member of the editorial board of the Encyclopedia Britannica, a director of the Private Export Funding Corporation, trustee of the Pioneer Funds, and Director of the National Council on Economic Education. His awards include the Phi Beta Kappa Prize, Tjalling C. Koopmans Award, Medal of the Italian Senate, John R. Commons Award, Joseph R. Levenson Prize, George S. Eccles Prize, David Horowitz Prize, and John Henry Williams Prize.