Josh Barro

Joshua A. "Josh" Barro is an American opinion journalist currently contributing to The New York Times ' "The Upshot" venture, which focuses on politics and public policy.[1][2] He identifies as neoliberal[3] and Republican.[4]

He has previously worked as a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research,[5] as a real estate banker for Wells Fargo,[6] as the lead writer for the Ticker, an economics and politics blog hosted by Bloomberg L.P., and as the politics editor at Business Insider.[7] He has a bachelor's degree in psychology from Harvard.

He appears regularly on Bloomberg Television and has appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO[8] and on All In with Chris Hayes on MSNBC. In early 2013, he was a prominent supporter of a potential trillion dollar coin,[9] although by late 2013 he had changed his mind.[10] Time named Barro's Twitter feed one of "The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2013," one of ten in the Politics category.[11] In 2012, Forbes selected him as one of the "30 Under 30" media "brightest stars under the age of 30,"[5] and David Brooks listed him as part of the "vibrant and increasingly influential center-right conversation."[12] A former aide of Barack Obama included Barro on a short list of President Obama's favorite columnists.[13]

Barro describes himself as Republican, but has expressed opposition to many policies of the current Republican Party.[14] He supports elitism, tweeting "Elites are usually elite for good reason, and tend to have better judgment than the average person. #confessyourunpopularopinion"[15]

Barro lives in Queens, New York. He is gay and has written in support of same-sex marriage.[16] Barro is also an atheist.[17][18] His father is macroeconomist Robert Barro.

References

  1. ↑ Byers, Dylan (February 24, 2014). "Josh Barro to join The New York Times". Politico. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  2. ↑ Barro, Josh. "Josh Barro bio". The New York Times. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  3. ↑ Sullivan, Andrew. "Ask Josh Barro Anything: The Recent Evolution Of Conservatism". The Dish. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  4. ↑ Barro, Josh (February 20, 2013). "Why We Need Republicans". Bloomberg. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Caroline Howard and Michael Noer (eds) (December 17, 2012). "30 Under 30 - Media". Forbes. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
  6. ↑ Barro, Josh. "Josh Barro bio". Bloomberg. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  7. ↑ Byers, Dylan (May 29, 2013). "Josh Barro to Business Insider". Politico. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
  8. ↑ Feldman, Josh (February 9, 2013). "Bill Maher And Panel Take On Drones: Obama's A 'Swell Guy,' But He's Basically Just Like Bush". Mediaite. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
  9. ↑ O'Brien, Matthew (January 8, 2013). "Everything You Need to Know About the Crazy Plan to Save the Economy With a Trillion-Dollar Coin". The Atlantic. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  10. ↑ Josh Barro (August 27, 2013). "Republicans Are Full Of It, And There's No Threat Over The Debt Ceiling". Business Insider. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
  11. ↑ Sorensen, Adam (March 25, 2013). "The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2013". Time. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  12. ↑ Brooks, David (November 19, 2012). "The Conservative Future". New York Times. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
  13. ↑ McMorris-Santoro, Evan (October 28, 2013). "Here Are Obama’s Favorite Columnists". Buzzfeed. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  14. ↑ Salam, Reihan (November 21, 2012). "Josh Barro on Why Republicans Resist the Reformist Project". National Review Online. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
  15. ↑ https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/408100388328337408
  16. ↑ Barro, Josh. "Will Portman and the Duty to Come Out". Bloomberg View. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  17. ↑ "Mentioning that I am an atheist seems to have led to a bunch of email trying to convince me of the existence of god.".
  18. ↑ "I guess, as an atheist, I'm not really bothered by the presumptuousness of individuals trying to dictate the rules of 'heaven'".

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