Feige (born 19 September 1937) is an emeritus professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
A graduate of Columbia University (BA.
1958) and the University of Chicago (Ph.D, 1963) he has taught at Yale University ; The University of Essex; Erasmus University and held the Cleveringa Chair , at the University of Leiden in 1981-82.
He has published widely on such topics as underground and shadow economies; tax evasion; transition economics; financial transaction taxes the Automated Payment Transaction tax (APT tax); and monetary theory and policy.
He has consulted with various US and international government agencies.