Expert in Global Economics, Journalism, and American Judaism
Steven R. Weisman has served as vice president for
publications and communications at the Peterson Institute for Economics
since 2008. He had previously been the chief international economics
correspondent of the
New York Times since 2006. He served as a member of the editorial board of the
Times, specializing in politics and economics (1995–2002). His work has appeared in the
Times Book Review,
Times Magazine,
and the paper's news, features, and culture sections since 1968. Before
serving as chief international economics correspondent, he was chief
diplomatic correspondent and won the Edward Weintal Prize in 2004 for
his reporting on diplomacy and international affairs, awarded by the
Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Earlier he
served as deputy foreign editor for the
Times. Weisman wrote
about the emergence of Japan and India as global economic powers while
serving as bureau chief for the Times in Tokyo and New Delhi. He also
covered the war in Afghanistan in the 1980s. During the first term of
President Ronald Reagan, Weisman was senior White House correspondent,
specializing in foreign policy, budget, tax, and other economic issues.
His coverage of the New York City fiscal crisis earned a Silurian
Society Award in 1975. He is the author of
The Great Tax Wars: Lincoln to Wilson—The Fierce Battles over Money and Power That Transformed the Nation (2002),
which received the Hillman Prize in 2003 for the book that most
advances the cause of social justice. He is also the editor of the book
Daniel Patrick Moynihan: A Portrait in Letters of an American Visionary (2010). His book
The Great Tradeoff: Confronting Moral Conflicts in the Era of Globalization, was published in 2016. His most recent book,
The Chosen Wars: How Judaism Became an American Religion, was published in 2018. It garnered laudatory reviews in the
New York Times,
Wall Street Journal,
Washington Post, and many other publications. He is graduate of Yale University.
Topics:
Global economics, especially moral dilemmas posed by trade,
inequality, economic nationalism; U.S. politics and modern U.S.
presidencies; international affairs; the state of contemporary
journalism and challenges of social media and the internet, “fake news,”
etc.; New York City, changing politics and economics; India; Japan;
Jewish American history, the evolution and conflicts within American
Judaism and relations with Israel