Michael Moran (journalist)

Michael E. Moran (born May 1962 in Kearny, New Jersey) is an American author and analyst of international affairs and digital transformation who currently serves as a senior executive at the technology firm Microshare.

[citation needed] His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsweek, The Economist, The Spectator (UK), The Guardian, The New Leader, and he has spoken on National Public Radio.

[citation needed] He was an adjunct professor of journalism at Bard College (2004–16), a visiting fellow in Peace and Security at the Carnegie Corporation of New York (2015–18), and lectures on political risk at the University of Denver.

[8][9] Jack H. Jacobs, a retired U.S. Army colonel awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War, said of Moran's Humvee reporting that it was "an important story that helped save countless lives.

[6] In the book, Moran argues that US policymakers reacted incorrectly to the 2008 financial crisis, exacerbating US problems, but that demographics and cultural factors still make the US the economy to watch in the 21st century - a good thing for the many smaller countries who undervalue the role American influence and power plays in their own economic stability.