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Daniel Gross (born August 4, 1967) is an American financial and economic journalist. He was the executive editor of ''
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'' magazine from 2015 to January 2020 and was named editor-in-chief in February 2020. Prior to joining ''strategy+business'', Gross was a columnist and the global business editor at the ''
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'' (2012–2014). Previously, he was the economics editor and cohost of ''The Daily Ticker'' at Yahoo Finance (2010–2012), a columnist and a senior editor at ''
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'' (2007–2010), a columnist at ''
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'' (2002–2010), a columnist at ''
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'', and a reporter for the '' New Republic'' and ''
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''. Gross wrote the "Contrary Indicator" column at ''Newsweek'', the "Moneybox" column at ''Slate'', and the "Economic View" column at ''The New York Times''. He also has written cover stories for ''
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''. He appears regularly on media outlets such as
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. Between 1998 and 2007, Gross served as the editor of ''STERNBusiness'', a semi-annual academic magazine on economics and management published by the New York University Stern School of Business. He was also a fellow at New America Foundation from 2001 to 2002.


Books

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A Banker's Journey: How Edmond J. Safra Built a Global Financial Empire
' (Radius Publishing, 2022). () *
Better, Stronger, Faster: The Myth of American Decline . . . and the Rise of a New Economy
' (Free Press, 2012). () *
Dumb Money: How our Greatest Financial Minds Bankrupted the Nation
' (Free Press, 2009). () *
Pop!: Why Bubbles Are Great For The Economy
' (Collins, 2007) () *
The Generations of Corning: The Life and Times of a Global Corporation
' (Oxford University Press, 2001), co-authored with Davis Dyer () *
Bull Run: Wall Street, the Democrats, and the New Politics of Personal Finance
' (PublicAffairs, 2000) () *
Forbes Greatest Business Stories of All Time
' (Wiley, 1997) ()


Select articles

*
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Has a Game Plan
" ''Strategy+Business'', April 30, 2018 *
Why Artificial Intelligence Needs Some Emotional Intelligence
" ''Strategy+Business'', March 9, 2017 *
The Myth of Decline: The U.S. is Stronger and Faster than Anywhere Else
" ''Newsweek'', April 30, 2012 *
The Story of America's Amazing Comeback
" ''Newsweek'', April 8, 2010


Select awards


2017 Folio "Eddie," B-to-B Column/Blog - Overall

Why Artificial Intelligence Needs Some Emotional Intelligence
'
2017 ASBPE Gold Regional, Online, Podcast''Jonathan Tepperman Explains How to Fix the World's Thorniest Problems''

2016 Folio "Eddie," B-to-B Column/Blog

Banking/Business/Finance, What Companies Gain from Providing Free Lunch to Employees
'


Early life and family

A native of East Lansing, Michigan, Gross graduated from
East Lansing High School East Lansing High School is a public high school in the city of East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It is managed by the East Lansing Public Schools district. The school is located about a mile north of the Michigan State University campus. ...
(1985). He received his bachelor's degree in American history and government from
Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...
(1989), his master's degree in American history from
Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
(1991), and an honorary PhD in humane letters from
Lake Forest College Lake Forest College is a private liberal arts college in Lake Forest, Illinois. Founded in 1857 as Lind University by a group of Presbyterian ministers, the college has been coeducational since 1876 and an undergraduate-focused liberal arts inst ...
.
He and his wife
live in Westport, CT. The couple has two children.


References


External links


Video debates and discussions involving Gross
on
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Gross on Colbert Report, April 28, 2009
* Daniel Gross, "Davos Shabbos: Friday-night dinner with the machers in Switzerland,
''Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life,'' 5 February, 2010

Daniel Gross on The George Jarkesy Show discussing ''Better, Stronger, Faster''
georgejarkesy.com, May 31, 2012; accessed September 22, 2015. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gross, Daniel 1967 births Jewish American journalists Living people American columnists American finance and investment writers American male journalists Journalists from Michigan Writers from Michigan Cornell University alumni Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Newsweek people Slate (magazine) people People from East Lansing, Michigan 21st-century American Jews