James Freeman (journalist)

{{Short description|American journalist and author specializing in economics}}

James Freeman is an American journalist specializing in economics, assistant editorial page editor at The Wall Street Journal, and author.

Freeman is a graduate of Yale College. After graduation, he served as investor advocate at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.{{cite news |last1=Cohan |first1=William |title=How Citigroup Escaped Financial Disaster in 2008 (book review) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/06/books/review/james-freeman-vern-mckinley-borrowed-time.html |access-date=28 April 2019 |work=New York Times |date=6 August 2018}}

Freeman is co-author with Vern McKinley of Borrowed Time: Two Centuries of Booms, Busts and Bailouts at Citi, a 2018 history of Citigroup.{{cite news |last1=Hutchinson |first1=Martin |title=Citigroup's 2008 bailout won't be its last (book review) |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-citigroup-bailout-breakingviews/breakingviews-review-citigroups-2008-bailout-wont-be-its-last-idUSKCN1L91W8 |access-date=28 April 2019 |publisher=Reuters |date=24 August 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Grover |first1=Eric |title=The Original Too-Big-to-Fail Bank (book review) |url=https://www.city-journal.org/citibank-politicization-of-banking |access-date=28 April 2019 |publisher=City Journal |date=22 February 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Arianne |title=Ten Years After Lehman Bankruptcy, New Books Point Finger at Two Men (brief book review) |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-13/financial-crisis-lehman-brothers-books-review |access-date=28 April 2019 |publisher=Bloomberg |date=13 September 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Porch |first1=Scott |title=Here's Why Citibank Should Have Been Allowed to Fail in 2008 (book review) |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/heres-why-citibank-should-have-been-allowed-to-fail-in-2008 |access-date=28 April 2019 |publisher=Daily Beast |date=14 September 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Lokeshwarri |first1=SK |title=Citi Citi, bang bang (book review) |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/books/citi-citi-bang-bang/article25089496.ece |access-date=28 April 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=30 September 2018}} The Financial Times describes it as a "rollicking" tale "of hubris, over-reach and outright catastrophe" which is especially "excellent" on "the US economy in the 19th century, and the extent to which it relied on cotton, an 'economy . . . built on America’s original sin, the monstrous institution of slavery'".{{cite news |title=Borrowed Time (brief book review) |url=https://www.ft.com/content/1df6d512-86ac-11e8-a29d-73e3d454535d |access-date=28 April 2019 |publisher=Financial Times |date=18 July 2018}}

He is also the co-author with Maria Bartiromo of a book titled The Cost: Trump, China, and American Renewal which was published by Simon & Schuster in October 2020.{{cite magazine|first=Kenneth|last=Rapoza|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2020/10/20/maria-bartiromo-takes-on-china-in-latest-book-the-cost/?sh=8d14c787056d|title=Maria Bartiromo Takes On China In Latest Book, 'The Cost'|magazine=Forbes|date=October 20, 2020|access-date=October 21, 2020}}

He is the son of Neal B. Freeman.