Steven Pearlstein

Steven Pearlstein is an American columnist. He writes a column on business and the economy that is published twice weekly in "The Washington Post". In 2008 Pearlstein received the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for "his insightful columns that explore the nation's complex economic ills with masterful clarity,"at "The Washington Post". [ [http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2008/commentary/ 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winners - COMMENTARY, Citation ] ] [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/business/media/08pulitzers.html Washington Post Wins Six Pulitzers - New York Times ] ]

Pearlstein was raised in Brookline, Massachusetts and graduated from Trinity College in 1973. He started out in journalism at the "Concord Monitor" and the "Foster's Daily Democrat", in New Hampshire. He was the founding publisher and editor of "The Boston Observer", a monthly journal of liberal opinion, and was a senior editor at Inc. magazine for two years. Pearlstein then joined "The Washington Post", where he has served as deputy business editor. Pearlstein has also worked as a television news reporter at Boston’s public television station, WGBH-TV. During the late 1970s, he served as administrative assistant to U.S. Senator John A. Durkin and U.S. Representative Michael J. Harrington and was elected to the position of town moderator in West Newbury, Massachusetts. As of 2008 he lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife, Wendy Gray, and two children. [ [http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x15021.xml UCLA Anderson School of Management | Gerald Loeb Awards | Steven Pearlstein ] ] [ [http://www.fdic.gov/news/conferences/economic_outlook/bio.html FDIC 2006 Economic Outlook Roundtable: Scenarios for the Next U.S. Recession ] ]

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* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032400138.html Steven Pearlstein's Columns in "The Washington Post"]

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