James Surowiecki

James Surowiecki is a journalist and author of The Wisdom of Crowds. A former columnist for The New Yorker, he is now a senior editor at The Yale Review and a contributing writer for Fast Company and The Atlantic.

Michael Wolff

Why Trump's Epstein problem won't go away
James Surowiecki
July 24, 2025

John Cassidy

The author on capitalism’s critics, why everyone is so unhappy with the system, and what may come next
James Surowiecki
May 27, 2025
Trump meets with Zelensky in the Oval Office on February 28, 2025. They sit on upholstered yellow chairs.

Chaos Agent in Chief

What Michael Wolff’s Trump quartet tells us about the next four years
James Surowiecki
March 4, 2025

Memecoins, Monologues, and Sharpies

A diary of Trump’s inauguration week
James Surowiecki
January 24, 2025

Michael Wolff

The journalist on the friendship between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein
James Surowiecki
November 25, 2024

The Yale Review’s Political Archive

What six historical pieces reveal about American democracy today
James Surowiecki
October 10, 2024

Adam Shatz

The author on Frantz Fanon, revolution, violence, and the psychology of oppression
James Surowiecki
January 30, 2024

Geoff Dyer

The essayist on not having a career
James Surowiecki
December 6, 2022

A.M. Homes

On politics, the novel, and writing satire in a world gone mad
James Surowiecki
October 3, 2022

Aminatta Forna

On suffering, trauma, and resilience
James Surowiecki
April 1, 2022