James Freeman is assistant editor of The Wall Avenue Journal’s editorial web page and creator 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 E book 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 expertise to learn particular person traders. He’s a graduate of Yale.

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