Daniel Altman is the president of North Yard Economics, a not-for-profit consulting firm that provides high-quality economic analysis to governments and non-governmental organizations in developing countries. He writes commentary on economics (and occasionally on soccer) in English and Spanish.
Mr. Altman worked for many years as an economic journalist, most recently as the global economics columnist of the International Herald Tribune. Previously, he had been one of the youngest-ever members of the editorial board of The New York Times, under then-editor Howell Raines[1]. He was also on the staff of The Economist. Outside of journalism, he served as an economic advisor to the British government in 2003 and 2004.
His first book, Neoconomy: George W. Bush's Revolutionary Gamble With America's Future, was published in 2004 by PublicAffairs. His second book, Connected: 24 Hours in the Global Economy, was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2007. It has been translated into Chinese (complex and traditional characters), German, Italian, Korean, Spanish and Turkish. He is under contract to write a new manuscript on the future of the global economy for Times Books[2].
Mr. Altman received his A.B. magna cum laude, A.M. and Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. While at Harvard, he was Editorial Board Chair of The Harvard Crimson.
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External links
- Daniel Altman, official website
- North Yard Economics
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