Roger Lowenstein (born 1954) is an American financialjournalist and writer. He graduated fromCornell University and reported forThe Wall Street Journal for more than a decade, including two years writing itsHeard on the Street column, 1989 to 1991. Born in 1954, he is the son of Helen andLouis Lowenstein of Larchmont, New York. Lowenstein is married to Judith Slovin.^[1]

He is also a director ofSequoia Fund.^[2] In 2016, he joined the board of trustees ofLesley University.^[3] His father, the late Louis Lowenstein, was anattorney andColumbia University law professor who wrote books and articles critical of the Americanfinancial industry.^[4]

Roger Lowenstein's latest book,Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War, was released on March 8, 2022,^[5] and won the 2022 Harold Holzer Lincoln Forum Book Prize.^[6]

Lowenstein has published seven books, three of themNew York Times bestsellers. In addition, he has written for many publications, includingThe Wall Street Journal,Smart Money,The New York Times,Fortune,the Atlantic Monthly, and others. He has also written a number of major articles and cover stories forThe New York Times Magazine.^[7]

• Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist, New York:Random House, 1995,ISBN 978-0-679-41584-8
• When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management, New York:Random House, 2000,ISBN 978-0-375-50317-7
• Origins of the Crash: The Great Bubble and Its Undoing, New York:Penguin Press, 2004,ISBN 978-1-59420-003-8
• While America Aged: How Pension Debts Ruined General Motors, Stopped the NYC Subways, Bankrupted San Diego, and Loom as the Next Financial Crisis, Penguin Press HC, May 1, 2008,ISBN 978-1-59420-167-7
• The End of Wall Street, Penguin Press HC, April 6, 2010,ISBN 978-1-59420-549-1
• America's Bank: The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve, New York: Penguin Press HC, October 20, 2015,ISBN 978-1-59420-239-1
• Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War, New York: Penguin Press HC, March 8, 2022,ISBN 978-0-73522-355-4

• rogerlowenstein.com
• Origins of the Crash — an audio interview
• Forbes.com — Q&A: Roger Lowenstein
• A conversation with Roger Lowenstein by Charlie RoseArchived 2008-03-25 at theWayback Machine
• Interview on Financialsense.comArchived 2008-01-05 at theWayback Machine

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