Justin Fox

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Justin Fox
Born (1964-01-28) January 28, 1964 (age 59)
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Occupation(s) Financial journalist, commentator, and writer
Employer Bloomberg

Justin Fox (born January 28, 1964) is an American financial journalist, commentator, and writer. He is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist, writing about business and economics. Formerly, he was editorial director of the Harvard Business Review Group for five years, and business and economics columnist for Time magazine . Fox's book, The Myth of the Rational Market (2009), traces the rise of the efficient-market hypothesis, and was a New York Times Notable Book of 2009, and was named the best business book of the year by Amazon.com.

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Early life and education

Fox was born in Morristown, New Jersey, a son of Joseph M. Fox and Elizabeth L. Fox. [1] He grew up in Lafayette, California, attending Acalanes High School. [2]

Fox graduated from Princeton University (BA, international affairs, '87), and was a Rotary International Fellow at the University of Leiden. [3] [4] [5] He has been a Senior Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School. [4]

Career

He became Bloomberg Opinion columnist, writing about business and economics. [4] [6] Formerly, he was editorial director of the Harvard Business Review Group for five years, and business and economics columnist for Time magazine . [7] [8] He has been published by Fortune magazine , The Birmingham News , and American Banker . [9] [8]

He was awarded the 2001 Business Journalist of the Year Award for writing about technology. [10] [11]

Fox's book, The Myth of the Rational Market (2009), traces the rise of the efficient-market hypothesis. It was a New York Times Notable Book of 2009, and was named the best business book of the year by Amazon.com. [12] [13]

He has worked as a commentator on PBS's Nightly Business Report . [14] [15] He is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. [16]

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