Robert Kuttner
Robert Kuttner is a founding co-editor of The American Prospect and a contributing columnist to Business Week's "Economic Viewpoint." His editorial column on political economy originates in the Boston Globe, and is syndicated nationally by The Washington Post to about twenty major daily papers. His commentaries are heard on National Public Radio and he regularly appears on TV programs such as "Firing Line," "Crossfire," "Nightline," and "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer."
Previously, Kuttner was the longtime economics editor of The New Republic and taught at Brandeis, Boston University, the University of Massachusetts, and Harvard University's Institute of Politics. He was a founder of the Economic Policy Institute, and serves on its board. Books, exploring the political roots of America's narrowing prosperity and the systemic financial risks facing the U.S. economy, is his seventh book. The book was recently honored with the Sidney Hillman Journalism Award. His other positions have included national staff writer on the Washington Post, chief investigator of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, and economics editor of The New Republic.For four decades, Bob's intellectual and political project has been to revive the politics and economics of harnessing capitalism to serve a broad public interest. He has pursued this ideal as a writer, editor, teacher, lecturer, commentator and public official.