Two new members last week joined TIME'S Board of Economists. They are Martin S. Feldstein, 41, and Lester C.
Thurow, 42. Both have gained national attention during the past few years for their analyses of the U.S. economy.
A native of New York City, Feldstein is a professor of economics at Harvard and president of the National Bureau of Economic Research, the official monitor of the American business cycle.
Frequently mentioned as a possible member of Republican Administrations, Feldstein is an advocate of less Government regulation of the private sector of the economy . A...