Paul Blustein is Journalist in Residence in the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution. His primary fields of expertise are international trade and international economic policy. Prior to joining Brookings in 2006, Blustein served as an economics correspondent and international economics correspondent for major publications such as the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal. During this time, Blustein reported stories from countries all over the world and covered topics such as the Federal Reserve and budget and tax policy. He is the author of The Chastening: Inside the Crisis That Rocked the Global Financial System and Humbled the IMF (Public Affairs,2001), and And the Money Kept Rolling In (And Out): Wall Street, the IMF, and the Bankrupting of Argentina (Public Affairs, 2005). His current focus is a book about the World Trade Organization.
Blustein holds an M.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar, and a B.A. in History from the University of Wisconsin. Among the prizes he has received for his reporting is the Gerald Loeb Award, generally regarded as the most prestigious prize in the field of business and economic journalism.
