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[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 the son of Neal B. Freeman.

References
  1. 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.


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