Daniel Gross

Daniel Gross is a best-selling author and one of the most widely-read economic/financial writers working today. He is a senior editor at Newsweek, where he writes the Money Culture column. Gross, who also writes the Moneybox column for Slate, appears regularly in media outlets such as CNBC, CNN, MSNBC and National Public Radio. Specialties include: the economic impact of globalization, the links between business and politics, and business history.

In the past year, he has reported from Vietnam, Switzerland and Iceland, and has written Newsweek cover stories on former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, the global market meltdown and the crisis of confidence on Wall Street. Before joining Newsweek in the spring of 2007, Gross was a columnist for the New York Times, and a contributing writer to magazines such as New York, Wired, and Fortune.

A native of East Lansing, Michigan, Daniel Gross is a graduate of Cornell University and holds an A.M. in American history from Harvard University. Gross is the author of several books, including: Forbes Greatest Business Stories of All Time, a New York Times and Business Week best-seller that has been translated into eight languages; Bull Run: Wall Street, the Democrats and the New Politics of Personal Finance; and Generations of Corning: 150 Years in the Life of a Global Corporation. His most recent book, Pop! Why Bubbles Are Great for the Economy, was published in May, 2007, and has been translated into German and Chinese. His latest book, Dumb Money was released in the Spring of 2009 by Simon & Schuster.