John Cassidy
@JohnCassidyJohn Cassidy has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1995. He has written many articles for the magazine, on topics ranging from Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke to the Iraqi oil industry and the economics of Hollywood. He also writes a column for The New Yorker’s Web site. He is the author of “How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities” and “Dot.Con: The Greatest Story Ever Sold.” Cassidy is also a contributor to The New York Review of Books and a financial commentator for the BBC. He came to The New Yorker after working for newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic. He joined the Sunday Times, in London, in 1986, and served as the paper’s Washington bureau chief for three years, and then as its business editor, from 1991 to 1993. From 1993 to 1995, he was at the New York Post, where he edited the Business section and then served as the deputy editor.
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- John Cassidy
Why the N.R.A. Is Finally on the Defensive
By calling for bump stocks to be dealt with by administrative fiat, the N.R.A. may hope to convert a legislative threat into a regulatory issue.
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- John Cassidy
What Was Behind Rex Tillerson’s Pro-Trump News Conference?
Following reports that the Secretary of State had called the President a moron, some speculated that he would resign. Instead, he did the opposite.
October 4, 2017
