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name: Daniel Altman
about: Daniel Altman is an American-born author, journalist and economist. His latest book, Connected: 24 Hours in the Global Economy, was published in May 2007 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He is also the author of Neoconomy: George Bush's Revolutionary Gamble With America's Future, which was published by PublicAffairs in 2004. Altman began his career as an academic economist with a doctorate from Harvard University. His first job outside the ivory tower was as the London- based economics correspondent for The Economist. Later he became one of the youngest-ever members of the editorial board of The New York Times. He current writes regular columns on globalization for the International Herald Tribune. In between, he was an economic adviser to th Daniel Altman is an American-born author, journalist and economist. His latest book, Connected: 24 Hours in the Global Economy, was published in May 2007 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He is also the author of Neoconomy: George Bush's Revolutionary Gamble With America's Future, which was published by PublicAffairs in 2004. Altman began his career as an academic economist with a doctorate from Harvard University. His first job outside the ivory tower was as the London- based economics correspondent for The Economist. Later he became one of the youngest-ever members of the editorial board of The New York Times. He current writes regular columns on globalization for the International Herald Tribune. In between, he was an economic adviser to the British government. For the past year, Altman has been writing a weekday blog for the Herald Tribune called Managing Globalization. He lives in Buenos Aires, Hong Kong and New York. (from the author's website)" ...more