Daniel Altman is an American-born author, journalist and economist. His
latest book, Connected: 24 Hours in the Global Economy, was published
in May 2007 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He is also the author of Neoconomy:
George Bushs Revolutionary Gamble With Americas Future, which was
published by PublicAffairs in 2004.

Altman began his career as an academic economist with a doctorate from
Harvard University. His first job outside the ivory tower was as the London-
based economics correspondent for The Economist. Later he became one
of the youngest-ever members of the editorial board of The New York Times.
He current writes regular columns on globalization for the International Herald
Tribune. In between, he was an economic adviser to the British government.

For the past year, Altman has been writing a weekday blog for the Herald
Tribune called Managing Globalization. He lives in Buenos Aires, Hong
Kong and New York. (from the authors website)