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[[File:Robert J. Samuelson 174-CD-L04-01-23A-003 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Samuelson in 2004]]
'''Robert Jacob Samuelson''' (born December 23, 1945) was a [[conservative]] journalist for ''[[The Washington Post]]'', where he wrote about business and economic issues from 1977 to 2020. He was a columnist for ''[[Newsweek]]'' magazine from 1984 to 2011.

==Career==
He began his career in journalism as a reporter on the business desk of ''The Washington Post'' in 1969 and left the paper to become a freelancer in 1973.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/opinions/samuelson.htm|title=Robert J. Samuelson|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> His work has appeared in ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)|The Sunday Times]]'', ''[[The New Republic]]'' and the ''[[Columbia Journalism Review]]''. He joined the ''[[National Journal]]'' in 1976, where he wrote the "Economic Focus" column. He was a contributing editor there from 1981 to 1984, when he left to write for ''Newsweek''.<ref name=msnbc>"[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4916745/site/newsweek/Meet Newsweek: Robert Samuelson: Contributing Editor: Newsweek]", MSNBC, May 14, 2004. Accessed September 23, 2006.{{Dead link|date=July 2019|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> At age 75, Samuelson posted his last op-ed article in ''The Washington Post'' on September 14, 2020.

==Personal life==
Samuelson was born in [[New York City]] and raised in nearby [[White Plains, New York]].<ref>"[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/opinions/samuelson.htm Robert J. Samuelson]", ''The Washington Post''. Accessed September 24, 2006.</ref> He received his bachelor's degree in 1967 from [[Harvard University]], where he concentrated in government.<ref name=lumin>"[http://www.newsbios.com/newslum/samuelson.htm Robert J. Samuelson]", "The Business News Luminaries" website of the "TJFR Group". Accessed September 23, 2006.</ref> He and his wife, Judith Herr, live in [[Bethesda, Maryland]] and have three children.<ref name=msnbc/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/highschool/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780812991642|title=Book Page - Tabbed}}</ref>

==Journalism awards==
Samuelson has received:<ref name=msnbc/>
*1993 John Hancock Award for Best Business and Financial Columnist
*National Headliner Award for Feature Column on a Single Subject in both 1992 and 1993; another in 1987 for Best Special Interest Column
*[[Gerald Loeb Award]]s for Commentary in 1994,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-05-10-fi-56061-story.html |title=2 Times Staffers Win Gerald Loeb Awards |date=May 10, 1994 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=February 1, 2019}}</ref> 1986<ref name=LOEB-1986>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/09/business/auletta-wins-loeb-award.html |title=Auletta Wins Loeb Award |date=May 9, 1986 |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=February 1, 2019|page=D9}}</ref> and 1983;{{citation needed|reason=not in historical award list and can't find an RS for 1983|date=February 2019}} Loeb finalist in 1988 for his columns on the [[October 1987 Wall Street crash]]
*An [[Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship]]<ref>[http://www.aliciapatterson.org Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship]</ref> in 1982 to research and write about the changes in the U.S. economy since World War II.
*1981 National Magazine Award

==Books by Samuelson==

*''The Good Life and Its Discontents: The American Dream in the Age of Entitlement'', (Random House: 1995) 368 pages, {{ISBN|0-8129-2592-0}}
*''Untruth: Why the Conventional Wisdom Is (Almost Always) Wrong'', (Random House: 2001) 304 pages {{ISBN|978-0-8129-9164-2}} (trade paperback edition)
*''The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath: The Past and Future of American Affluence'', (Random House: 2008) 336 pages {{ISBN|978-0-375-50548-5}}

==Notes==
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==External links==
*{{C-SPAN|29656}}
**[http://www.c-span.org/video/?297228-1/qa-robert-samuelson C-SPAN ''Q&A'' interview with Samuelson, January 2, 2011]

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