JEFF MADRICK is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books, and a former economics columnist for The New York Times. He is director of the Bernard L. Schwartz Rediscovering Government Initiative at the Century Foundation, where he is a Senior Fellow; editor of Challenge Magazine; and visiting professor of humanities at The Cooper Union. Madrick is a fellow of the World Policy Institute and is a member of the board of The Center for Economic and Policy Research. From the 1970s to the 1990s, Madrick had several positions in journalism, including serving as Wall Street editor of Money Magazine, finance editor of Business Week Magazine and an NBC News reporter and commentator. His awards included an Emmy and a Page One Award. Madrick was educated at New York University and Harvard University, and was a Shorenstein Fellow at Harvard. He is married to Kim Baker and lives in New York City.