James Surowiecki
American journalist and New Yorker writer
James Surowiecki is an American journalist known for The Financial Page, his business column at The New Yorker. He wrote The Wisdom of Crowds.
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American Born 1967 in Meriden, United States
About James Surowiecki
James Michael Surowiecki was born on April 30, 1967, in Meriden, Connecticut. He became a staff writer at The New Yorker in 2000, having earlier written the Moneybox column at Slate. At The New Yorker he wrote The Financial Page, a column about business and finance. Earlier roles include contributing editor at Fortune and staff writer at Talk. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and Wired. His book The Wisdom of Crowds appeared in 2004.