David Wessel — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Shared two Pulitzer Prizes for journalism, in 1984 with The Boston Globe and in 2003 with The Wall Street Journal staff.
Serves as the founding director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy at The Brookings Institution.
Works as a contributing correspondent to The Wall Street Journal, where he previously worked for 30 years.
Author of 'In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic' (2009), a New York Times Best Seller.
Editor of 'Central Banking after the Great Recession' (2014).
Graduated from Haverford College in 1975, majoring in economics.

Biography

David Wessel is an American journalist and writer known for his extensive career covering economics and public policy. He currently serves as the founding director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy at The Brookings Institution and is a contributing correspondent to The Wall Street Journal. Wessel worked at The Wall Street Journal for 30 years and frequently appears on National Public Radio's Morning Edition. He has shared two Pulitzer Prizes for journalism.