Bio
Sebastian Mallaby is the Paul A. Volcker senior fellow in international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), where he directs the Center for Geoeconomic Studies, focusing on the intersection between global economics, finance and geopolitics. His most recent book, More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite, is a New York Times bestseller and has been praised by commentators in the Financial Times, the Economist, and dozens of other media.
A two-time Pulitzer prize finalist and former Washington Post columnist on economics and globalization, Mallaby also spent thirteen years at the Economist magazine, covering international finance in London and serving as the bureau chief in southern Africa, Japan, and Washington. Through his work at CFR, heprovidesbrilliant acumen and unparalleled perspective topolicy makers in the United States and internationally on a wide variety of issues, including globalization, the implications of the rise of newly emerging powers, trade and investment trends, international development, and economic policy.