Leonard Silk

American economist

Leonard Silk

Leonard Solomon Silk  (May 15, 1918 - February 10, 1995)[1] was an American economist, author, and journalist. Silk's diverse areas of interest included global economics, unemployment, banking, and inflation.[2] Silk wrote for Business Week between 1954-1969.[3] He also wrote for the New York Times between 1970–1993, first writing editorials, then beginning in 1976, his own column.[2][3]

Silk was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Montclair, New Jersey.[2]

## Publications[edit]

As author

* The Research Revolution. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960.
* The Economists. New York: Avon Books, 1974.
* Ethics and Profits: The Crisis of Confidence in American Business, with David Vogel. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1976.
* Economics in Plain English. Simon and Schuster, 1978.
* Ideals in Collision: The Relationship Between Business & the News Media, with Rawleigh Warner, Jr. Pittsburgh: Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1979.
* The American Establishment, with Mark Silk. New York: Basic Books, 1980.[4][5]
* Economics in the Real World. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984.

As editor

* Capitalism, the Moving Target. New York: Praeger, 1974.
* People: From Impoverishment to Empowerment, with Üner Kirdar. New York University Press, 1995.

## Awards[edit]

* 1961 Gerald Loeb Award for Magazines for "The United States Invents a New Way to Grow"[6]
* 1977 Gerald Loeb Memorial Award[7]
* 1995 Gerald Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award[8]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Leonard Silk - Library of Congress". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
2. ^ a b c "Leonard Silk Papers, 1929-1985 and undated, bulk 1950-1985". Rubenstein Library, Duke University. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
3. ^ a b Uchitelle, Louis (1995-02-12). "Leonard Silk Dies at 76; Times Columnist Helped the Public to Understand Economics". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
4. ^ Welles, Benjamin. "America's Establishment': A Close-Up Look; The American Establishment, by Leonard Silk and Mark Silk. New York: Basic Books. $13.95." The Christian Science Monitor, October 14, 1980.
5. ^ Liebman, Walter H. "Balancing the Books." Review of The American Establishment, by Leonard Silk and Mark Silk. Barron's National Business and Financial Weekly [Boston, Mass.], Vol. 60, No. 49, December 8, 1980, p. 37.
6. ^ "Finance writers win Loeb Awards". The New York Times. May 23, 1962. pp. 63, 69. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
7. ^ "Loeb Award Goes To Silk". The Lawton Constitution. Vol. 75, no. 268\. Associated Press. August 17, 1977. p. 7. Retrieved February 27, 2019 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "Government Investment Series Wins Loeb Award". Los Angeles Times. May 2, 1995. Retrieved February 1, 2019.

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Gerald Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award winners

(1992–1999)|

* Hobart Rowen (1992)
* Carol Loomis (1993)
* James W. Michaels (1994)
* Leonard Silk (1995)
* Marshall Loeb (1996)
* Jane Bryant Quinn (1997)
* Alan Abelson (1998)
* Stephen B. Shepard (1999)

(2000–2009)|

* Norman Pearlstine (2000)
* Allan Sloan (2001)
* Paul Steiger (2002)
* Floyd Norris (2003)
* Louis Rukeyser (2004)
* Byron E. "Barney" Calame (2005)
* Myron Kandel (2006)
* Matthew Winkler (2007)
* Daniel Hertzberg (2008)
* Bill Emmott (2009)

(2010–2019)|

* Walt Bogdanich (2010)
* Steven Pearlstein (2011)
* Jerry Seib (2012)
* John Huey (2013)
* James Flanigan (2014)
* James Grant (2015)
* Paul Ingrassia (2016)
* Walt Mossberg (2017)
* Joann Lublin (2018)
* Martin Wolf (2019)

(2020–2022)|

* Lionel Barber (2020)
* Ellen Pollock (2021)
* Michelle Singletary (2022)

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Gerald Loeb Award winners for Magazines

(1958–1959)|

* Werner Renberg (1958)
* Ernest Havermann (1959)

(1960–1969)|

* John A. Conway (1960)
* Leonard S. Silk (1961)
* Richard Austin Smith (1962)
* John Chamberlain (SA 1962)
* Daniel M. Friedenberg (SA 1962)
* Sandford Brown (1963)
* Gilbert H. Clee (SA 1963)
* Robert W. Murray, Jr. (SA 1963)
* John Brooks (1964)
* John Maughan (SA 1964)
* Max Ways (SA 1964)
* Lee Silberman (1965)
* Charles E. Silberman (1966)
* Max Ways (1967)
* Michael Laurence (1968)
* John Brooks (1969)

(1970–1979)|

* John F. Lyons (1970)
* Chris Welles (1971)
* Kenneth Auchincloss (1972)
* Everett Mattlin (1973)
* Carol J. Loomis (1974)
* Marshall Loeb (1975)
* Gordon Williams (1976)
* David Warsh (1977)
* Lawrence Minard (1977)
* Lewis Lapham (1978)
* William Tucker (HM) (1978)
* William Tucker (1979)
* Robert Heilbroner (HM) (1979)

(1980–1989)|

* Walter Guzzardi Jr. (1980)
* William Tucker (1981)
* L. J. Davis (1982)
* Joseph Nocera (1983)
* Andrew Tobias (1984)
* Richard L. Stern (1985 shared)
* Howard Rudnitsky (1985 shared)
* Barbara Donnelly (1986)
* William C. Symonds (1987)
* Robert Heilbroner (1988)
* Eric Schurenberg (1989 shared)
* Lani Luciano (1989 shared)
* Carol J. Loomis (1989 shared)

(1990–1999)|

* Peter Brimelow (1990 shared)
* Leslie Spencer (1990 shared)
* Joseph S. Coyle (1991 shared)
* Frank Lalli (1991 shared)
* Denise Topolnicki (1991 shared)
* Elizabeth MacDonald (1991 shared)
* Robert Wool (1991 shared)
* Connie Bruck (1991 shared)
* Jonathan Beaty (1992 shared)
* S. C. Gwynne (1992 shared)
* Richard Behar (1992 shared)
* Brian O'Reilly (1993)
* Bryan Burrough (1994)
* Phillip Longman (1995)
* Joseph Nocera (1996)
* Mark Maremont (1997 shared)
* Jane Sasseen (1997 shared)
* Michael Mandel (1998 shared)
* Dean Foust (1998 shared)
* Shane Tritsch (1999)

(2000–2009)|

* Jeff Blyskal (2000)
* Gary Rivlin (2001)
* David Henry (2002 shared)
* Nanette Byrnes (2002 shared)
* Hal Lux (2003)
* Aaron Bernstein (2004 shared)
* Pete Engardio (2004 shared)
* Manjeet Kripalani (2004 shared)
* Charles Fishman (2005 shared)
* Clifton Leaf (2005 shared)
* Carol Loomis (2006)
* Charles Fishman (2007)
* Allan Sloan (2008)
* Michael Lewis (HM); (2008)
* David Leonhardt (2009)

(2010–2014)|

* James Bandler (2010)
* Amanda Bennett (2011 shared)
* Charles R. Babcock (2011 shared)
* Peter Elkind (2012 shared)
* Jennifer Reingold (2012 shared)
* Doris Burke (2012 shared)
* Connie Bruck (2013 shared)
* Robert Capps (2013 shared)
* Cam Simpson (2014)

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Gerald Loeb Memorial Award winners

(1974–1978)|

* Joseph A. Livingston (1974)
* Vermont Royster (1975)
* John McDonald (1976)
* Leonard Silk (1977)
* Hedley Donovan (1978)

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