Leonard Solomon Silk (May 15, 1918 – February 10, 1995) was an American economist, author, and journalist. Silk's diverse areas of interest included

global economics International economics is concerned with the effects upon economic activity from international differences in productive resources and consumer preferences and the international institutions that affect them. It seeks to explain the patterns an ...

, unemployment, banking, and inflation. Silk wrote for ''

Business Week ''Bloomberg Businessweek'', previously known as ''BusinessWeek'' (and before that ''Business Week'' and ''The Business Week''), is an American monthly business magazine published 12 times a year. The magazine debuted in New York City in Septembe ...

'' between 1954 and 1969. He also wrote for the ''

New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...

'' between 1970 and 1993, first writing editorials, then beginning in 1976, his own column. Silk was born in

Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...

, Pennsylvania, and died in

Montclair, New Jersey Montclair is a Township (New Jersey), township in Essex County, New Jersey, Essex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Situated on the cliffs of the Watchung Mountains, Montclair is a commercial and cultural hub of North Jersey and a diverse ...

Publications

As author
''The Research Revolution''.
New York:

McGraw-Hill McGraw Hill is an American education science company that provides educational content, software, and services for students and educators across various levels—from K-12 to higher education and professional settings. They produce textbooks, ...

, 1960.
''Nixonomics''.
New York: Praeger, 1972.
''The Economists''.
New York:

Avon Books Avon Publications is a leading publisher of romance fiction. At Avon's initial stages, it was an American paperback book and comic book publisher. The shift in content occurred in the early 1970s with multiple Avon romance titles reaching and ma ...

, 1974.
''Ethics and Profits: The Crisis of Confidence in American Business''
with David Vogel. New York:

Simon and Schuster Simon & Schuster LLC (, ) is an American publishing house owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts since 2023. It was founded in New York City in 1924, by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. Along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group US ...

, 1976.
''Economics in Plain English''.

, 1978
Revised and expanded edition
in 1986.
''Ideals in Collision: The Relationship Between Business & the News Media''
with Rawleigh Warner Jr. Pittsburgh: Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1979.
''The American Establishment''
with Mark Silk. New York:

Basic Books Basic Books is a book publisher founded in 1950 and located in New York City, now an imprint of Hachette Book Group. It publishes books in the fields of psychology, philosophy, economics, science, politics, sociology, current affairs, and his ...

, 1980.Liebman, Walter H
"Balancing the Books."
Review of ''The American Establishment'', by Leonard Silk and Mark Silk. '' Barron's National Business and Financial Weekly'' oston, Mass. Vol. 60, No. 49, December 8, 1980, p. 37. * ''Economics in the Real World.'' New York:

, 1984. As editor
''Capitalism, the Moving Target''.
New York: Praeger, 1974.
''People: From Impoverishment to Empowerment''
with Üner Kirdar.

New York University Press New York University Press (or NYU Press) is a university press that is part of New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 ...

, 1995.

Awards

* 1961

Gerald Loeb Award The Gerald Loeb Awards, also referred to as the Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, is a recognition of excellence in journalism, especially in the fields of business, finance and the economy. The award was e ...

for Magazines for "The United States Invents a New Way to Grow" * 1977 Gerald Loeb Memorial Award * 1995 Gerald Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award

References

American economics writers American male journalists American columnists 1918 births 1995 deaths 20th-century American economists 20th-century American non-fiction writers Writers from Philadelphia 20th-century American male writers Economists from Pennsylvania Gerald Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award winners Gerald Loeb Award winners for Magazines Gerald Loeb Memorial Award winners {{US-economist-stub