Michael Moran

TAGS: Economics, Politics, World Affair

Over the past 25 years, Michael Moran has reported and analyzed major events for some of the world’s leading intellectual and newsgathering institutions, including the Council on Foreign Relations, the BBC, MSNBC.com and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Today, Moran serves as editor-in-chief of Renaissance Insights, a thought leadership initiative of the investment bank Renaissance Capital and authors The Reckoning blog on Slate magazine, as well as a foreign affairs column on globalpost.com. He is the author of The Reckoning: Debt, Democracy, and the Future of American Power, and co-author of the new book The Fastest Billion: The Story of Behind Africa’s Economic Revolution. OFFICIAL BIO [PDF]

The Reckoning: Debt, Democracy, and the Future of American Power The age of American global dominance is ending. Today, a host of forces are converging to challenge its cherished notion of exceptionalism, and risky economic and foreign policies have steadily eroded the power structure in place since the Cold War. Staggering under a huge burden of debt, the country must make some tough choices--or cede sovereignty to its creditors. In The Reckoning, Michael Moran, geostrategy analyst explores the challenges ahead -- and what, if anything, can be prevent chaos as America loses its perch at the top of the mountain... MORE →> LINKS The Reckoning: Slate blog Global Post columns @TheUnraveler: Follow Michael on Twitter