James Surowiecki
Staff Writer, New Yorker
James Surowiecki has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2000. He writes The Financial Page. Surowiecki came to The New Yorker from Slate, where he wrote the Moneybox column. He has also been a contributing editor at Fortune and a staff writer at Talk. Previously, he was the business columnist for New York magazine. He has contributed to The Wall Street Journal, Wired, the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, and Lingua Franca, and has written on subjects ranging from Silicon Valley to college basketball. His book, “The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies, and Nations,” was published in 2004.
When it comes to investment advice, should you ignore everyone and think for yourself?
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9 min
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The systemic problems on Wall Street skewed the collective judgments of the market in the last decade.
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18 min
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James Surowiecki gives tips on how to use the Internet to stay competitive without a job.
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11 min
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What makes some crowds smarter than others? Hint: you don’t always want people who fit the mold.
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15 min
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A conversation with the author of “The Wisdom of Crowds” and the business columnist for The New Yorker.
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59 min
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