Michael Klein

Economist 📈I Professor of International Economic Affairs at The Fletcher School at Tufts University I Founder and Executive Editor of Econofact

Greater Boston

About

Michael W. Klein is Professor of International Economics Affairs at The Fletcher School at Tufts University. He is the Founder and Executive Editor of EconoFact, a nonpartisan digital publication founded in 2017 to present statistics and economic frameworks on timely policy issues. Professor Klein is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He has been a visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund, the Bank of England, Bank of Israel, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, and the Federal Reserve Banks of New York, Boston, Dallas, and San Francisco. His research interests include international macroeconomic policy, international capital markets, effects of international factors on United States labor markets, tariffs and international trade, exchange rate policy, and foreign direct investment.

Experience

  • Founder and Executive Editor at EconoFact
    Jan 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 6 mos

    EconoFact is a non-partisan publication designed to bring key facts and incisive analysis to the national debate on economic and social policies. Launched in January 2017, it is written by leading academic economists from across the U.S. who belong to the EconoFact Network. It is published by The Fletcher School at Tufts University. Our mission at EconoFact is to provide even-handed analyses of timely economic policy issues drawing on data, historical experience and well-regarded economic frameworks. The presentation is primarily in short memo form, and accessible to a wide audience, even when discussing complex economic and statistical analyses. We hope that EconoFact serves as a resource for policymakers, thought leaders and journalists, and indeed all interested Americans, so the debate on economic policies can be better based on reasoned arguments, statistical research, and historical experiences.

  • Research Associate at National Bureau of Economic Research
    2000 - Present · 26 yrs 6 mos

  • William L. Clayton Professor of International Economic Affairs at The Fletcher School at Tufts University
    Sep 1991 - Present · 34 yrs 10 mos

  • Chief Economist, Office of International Affairs at U.S. Department of the Treasury
    Jun 2010 - Dec 2011 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Economist at Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
    1997 - 2000 · 3 yrs