Gregg Easterbrook
Gregg Easterbrook has been a staff writer, national correspondent, and contributing editor at The Atlantic for nearly 40 years. While his primary contributions to the magazine have focused on national politics, he has also written on a wide range of topics including weapons systems, labor negotiations, poverty, electric power, and the search for extraterrestrial life. In addition to authoring his books, he has written a politics column for Reuters, a science-and-society column for the New Republic, a series of cover stories for Newsweek, and the quirky football-and-society column Tuesday Morning Quarterback for Slate, ESPN.com, NFL.com, the old Weekly Standard and the New York Times. Gregg has also written for the New Yorker, Science, Wired, Harvard Business Review, the Washington Monthly, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Los Angeles Times.
Gregg Easterbrook Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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National Correspondent, Staff Writer, Contributing Editor
Academic History
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M.A., Journalism
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B.A., Political Science
EARLY CAREER
He has been a contributing editor to Newsweek, and a contributor to The Washington Monthly.
He is a former visiting fellow in economics and governance studies at the Brookings Institution.
He was a fellow in international affairs at the Fulbright Foundation.
He has lectured at the Aspen Institute and Chautauqua Institution, and spoken at many colleges.
BOOKS
It's Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear (2018)
Sonic Boom: A Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the New Global Economy (2009)
The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse (2003)
Beside Still Waters: Searching for Meaning in an Age of Doubt (1999)
A Moment on Earth: The Coming Age of Environmental Optimism (1995)