Robert Alan Feldman is Senior Advisor to the Research Department of Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities, where he has worked since 1998. As part of Morgan Stanley’s global economics team, he is responsible for thematic research on the Japanese economy. He also served as Professor at in the Management of Technology program at Tokyo University of Science, 2017-2023. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Robert was the chief economist for Japan for Salomon Brothers from 1990-97, and worked for the International Monetary Fund from 1983-89. Robert has a Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.