Tom Streithorst
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As seen in:
VICE,
VICE UK,
Los Angeles Review of Books,
The American Conservative,
Prospect Magazine
Covers:
War, Economics, American Foreign Policy, Basic Income
An American in London. Ruthless Cosmopolitan. Heroes include Lula, John Maynard Keynes, Jane Jacobs, Marwan Barghouti, Lyndon Baines Johnson and Gordon Brown.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Chief Cameraman/Editor for WDAM in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Who do you wish followed you?
Brad DeLong. And Larry Summers. And Martin Wolf.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
I interviewed Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, in his South Beirut lair in 2000. Also Post Scarcity Economics in the LA Review.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Don't be in it for the money.
What's your favorite drink?
Coffee
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The London Review of Books and the Financial Times.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That economics is boring. It is what rules our lives. Bankers like to make it seem tedious so they can take our money while we sleep.
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