Robert J. Samuelson

Robert Jacob Samuelson (born December 23, 1945) is a conservative journalist for The Washington Post, where he has written about business and economic issues since 1977.

He began his career in journalism as a reporter on the business desk of The Washington Post in 1969 and left the paper to become a freelancer in 1973.

[1] His work has appeared in The Sunday Times, The New Republic and the Columbia Journalism Review.

He joined the National Journal in 1976, where he wrote the "Economic Focus" column.

[4] He and his wife, Judith Herr, live in Bethesda, Maryland and have three children.