William Harold Greider (August 6, 1936 – December 25, 2019) was an American journalist and author who wrote primarily about economics.
[1] Greider is credited with coining the term "Nader's Raiders" in a Washington Post article dated November 13, 1968.
[citation needed] Before that he published The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy, which explores the basis and history of the corporation, the existence of employee-ownership as an alternative form of corporate governance, environmental issues, and how important people's contributions are to make the economy a humane one.
Given its anticipation of the issues raised by the 2008 securities crisis, Occupy Wall Street, and works with a similar theme by Gar Alperovitz, Richard Wolff, Michael Moore, Noreena Hertz,[6] and Marjorie Kelly,[7] it can be considered an under-recognized work.
The credibility of this work was heavily criticized by economist Paul Krugman, who argued that Greider ignored the fallacies of composition that run rampant in the work, misinterpreted facts (some of which were incorrect), and misled readers with false assumptions – all possibly due to his lack of consultation with economists.
During an October 1, 2008, broadcast interview[9] on the impending passage of the "Wall Street bailout" despite widespread public opposition.