Daniel Gross (born August 4, 1967) is an American financial and economic journalist. He was the executive editor of ''
strategy+business
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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 ''
Daily Beast
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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 ''
Newsweek
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'' (2007–2010), a columnist at ''
Slate
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'' (2002–2010), a columnist at ''
The New York Times
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'', and a reporter for the ''
New Republic'' and ''
Bloomberg News
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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 ''
New York
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The New York Times Magazine
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Fortune
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* Fortuna or Fortune, the Roman goddess of luck
* Luck
* Wealth
* Fortune, a prediction made in fortune-telling
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Wired
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The Washington Post
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'', and ''
The Boston Globe
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''. He appears regularly on media outlets such as
MSNBC
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CNBC
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CNN
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NPR
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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). ()
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Better, Stronger, Faster: The Myth of American Decline . . . and the Rise of a New Economy' (Free Press, 2012). ()
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Dumb Money: How our Greatest Financial Minds Bankrupted the Nation' (Free Press, 2009). ()
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Pop!: Why Bubbles Are Great For The Economy' (Collins, 2007) ()
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The Generations of Corning: The Life and Times of a Global Corporation' (Oxford University Press, 2001), co-authored with Davis Dyer ()
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Bull Run: Wall Street, the Democrats, and the New Politics of Personal Finance' (PublicAffairs, 2000) ()
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Forbes Greatest Business Stories of All Time' (Wiley, 1997) ()
Select articles
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Has a Game Plan" ''Strategy+Business'', April 30, 2018
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Why Artificial Intelligence Needs Some Emotional Intelligence" ''Strategy+Business'', March 9, 2017
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The Myth of Decline: The U.S. is Stronger and Faster than Anywhere Else" ''Newsweek'', April 30, 2012
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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
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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
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(1989), his master's degree in American history from
Harvard University
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(1991), and an honorary PhD in humane letters from
Lake Forest College
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.
He and his wifelive in Westport, CT. The couple has two children.
References
External links
Video debates and discussions involving Grosson
Bloggingheads.tv
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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, 2010Daniel Gross on The George Jarkesy Show discussing ''Better, Stronger, Faster'' georgejarkesy.com, May 31, 2012; accessed September 22, 2015.
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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