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American Business Editor and New York Bureau Chief

Specialist Subjects

Antitrust
Big Mac Index
Branding and advertising
Bribery
British Politics
Business Education
Capitalism
Corporate Finance
Derivatives
Developing Countries
Development
Economics
Euro
Exchange Rates
Finance
Financial Markets
Globalisation
Intellectual Property
Management
Media
Mergers and Acquisitions
Monetary Policy
Non-governmental Organisations
Pensions
Privatisation
Sport
Stockmarkets
Taxation
United States business
United States politics

Language

English

City

New York

Country

United States

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Office: +1 212 541 0560

Biography

Matthew Bishop is the US Business Editor and New York Bureau Chief of The Economist. Mr. Bishop was previously the magazine's London-based Business Editor. His new book, The Road from Ruin: How to Renew Capitalism and Put America Back on Top, with Michael Green, was published by Crown in 2010. According to Professor Robert Shiller of Yale, The Road from Ruin "will be remembered as a serious, highly readable book of the broadest intellectual scope. Its insights will help all of us reshape the future and enable both citizen and policy maker alike to separate real reform from the grandstanding bluster so prevalent today."

Philanthrocapitalism: How Giving Can Save the World, his previous book (also with Green) on the new movement that brings together the business and social sectors to solve some of the world's most pressing problems, has been described as "terrific" by the New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, and as "the definitive guide to a new generation of philanthropists who understand innovation and risk-taking, and who will play a crucial part in solving the biggest problems facing the world," by New York's Mayor and leading philanthropist Michael Bloomberg. According to former U.S President Bill Clinton, "This is an important book. Our interdependent world is too unequal, unstable, and, because of climate change, unsustainable. We have to transform it into one of shared responsibilities, shared opportunities, and a shared sense of community. Bishop and Green show us how to do it." Mr Bishop is also the author of Essential Economics, the official Economist guide to economics.

Mr. Bishop is the author of several of The Economist's special report supplements, including most recently A Bigger World, which examines the opportunities and challenges of the rise of emerging economies and firms; The Business of Giving, which looks at the industrial revolution taking place in philanthropy; Kings of Capitalism, which anticipated and analyzed the recent boom in private equity; and Capitalism and its Troubles, an examination of the impact of problems such as the collapse of Enron.

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