James Freeman (journalist)
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 Freeman is co-author with Vern McKinley of "Borrowed Time: Two Centuries of Booms, Busts and Bailouts at Citi", a 2018 history of Citigroup. 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'". 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. He is the son of Neal B. Freeman.