James Freeman is an American journalist specializing in economics, assistant editorial page editor at The Wall Street Journal, and author.

Freeman is a graduate of Yale College. After graduation, he served as investor advocate at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.[1]

Freeman is co-author with Vern McKinley of Borrowed Time: Two Centuries of Booms, Busts and Bailouts at Citi, a 2018 history of Citigroup.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The Financial Times describes it as a "rollicking" tale "of hubris, over-reach and outright catastrophe" which is especially "excellent" on "the US economy in the 19th century, and the extent to which it relied on cotton, an 'economy . . . built on America’s original sin, the monstrous institution of slavery'".[7]

He is also the co-author with Maria Bartiromo of a book titled The Cost: Trump, China, and American Renewal which was published by Simon & Schuster in October 2020.[8]

He is the son of Neal B. Freeman.

References

  1. ^ a b Cohan, William (6 August 2018). "How Citigroup Escaped Financial Disaster in 2008 (book review)". New York Times. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  2. ^ Hutchinson, Martin (24 August 2018). "Citigroup's 2008 bailout won't be its last (book review)". Reuters. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  3. ^ Grover, Eric (22 February 2019). "The Original Too-Big-to-Fail Bank (book review)". City Journal. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  4. ^ Cohen, Arianne (13 September 2018). "Ten Years After Lehman Bankruptcy, New Books Point Finger at Two Men (brief book review)". Bloomberg. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  5. ^ Porch, Scott (14 September 2019). "Here's Why Citibank Should Have Been Allowed to Fail in 2008 (book review)". Daily Beast. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  6. ^ Lokeshwarri, SK (30 September 2018). "Citi Citi, bang bang (book review)". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Borrowed Time (brief book review)". Financial Times. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  8. ^ Rapoza, Kenneth (October 20, 2020). "Maria Bartiromo Takes On China In Latest Book, 'The Cost'". Forbes. Retrieved October 21, 2020.


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