Speaker Information

Global Issues 2010

Steve Solomon

Steven Solomon is the author of "Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization" (Harper Collins January 2010), a narrative account of how control of water wealth has been pivotal to the rise and decline of great powers - and today is reshaping international politics, economics, and environmental realities as we enter a new era increasingly defined by global scarcity of our most indispensable resource. His previous books include "The Confidence Game" (Simon & Schuster 1995), an insider reportage of central bankers and other top world economic policymakers that warned about the dangers of global financial markets that were increasingly interlinked, volatile, and crisis-prone, which won numerous plaudits, including best books-of-the-year selection by Business Week, Washington Monthly and the Financial Times.

Over his 30 year journalism career, Mr. Solomon has been a staff reporter for Forbes, and has written for The New York Times, Business Week, The Economist, Esquire, The Independent, among others. He has been a regular commentator on National Public Radio’s Marketplace, and has appeared as a featured guest on the late Tim Russert’s CNBC show, National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation, Bloomberg Television, and on various cable news shows. He has addressed the World Affairs Council, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and university forums.