Expertise
Trade; International finance; the IMF and World Bank
Background
Past Positions
Staff Writer, the Washington Post, 1987-2006; Staff Reporter, the Wall Street Journal, 1979-1987; Writer, Forbes Magazine, 1975-1979; Visiting Fellow, the Institute for International Economics, 1999-2000; Guest Scholar, the Brookings Institution, 2003-2004
Education
B.A. (1973), the University of Wisconsin (Madison); M.A. (1975), Oxford University
"So the principles guiding the G-20 should be these: Make sure that the rules-based trading system survives. Don't try now to open markets more than they already are; rather, focus on keeping protectionism, and quasi-protectionism, from becoming long-lasting features of the international economy, so that globalized trade can help the world recover and prosper anew."