James Freeman is assistant editor of The Wall Road Journal’s editorial web page and writer of the weekday Better of the Net column. He’s the co-author of “Borrowed Time: Two Centuries of Booms, Busts and Bailouts at Citi,” acknowledged as a New York Occasions Editors’ Selection and a Monetary Occasions Enterprise Guide of the Month. He’s a contributor to the Fox Information Channel and a bunch of “Deep Dive” on Fox Nation. Earlier than becoming a member of the Journal in September 2007, James served as investor advocate on the U.S. Securities and Alternate Fee, the place he inspired the transformation of monetary reporting know-how to profit particular person traders. He’s a graduate of Yale.

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