Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream

David Leonhardt
Date & Time Feb 15 2024 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Location Robertson Hall
Arthur Lewis Auditorium (Room 100)
Speaker(s)
David Leonhardt
Audience Open to the Public, Registration Required

Registration required for in-person attendance; Livestream available on MediaCentral


Leonhardt, senior writer, The Morning Newsletter, The New York Times

David Leonhardt is a senior writer for The New York Times. He writes The Morning, The Times’s flagship daily newsletter, and also writes for Sunday Review.

He has worked at The Times since 1999 and has previously been an Op-Ed columnist, Washington bureau chief, co-host of “The Argument” podcast, founding editor of The Upshot section and a staff writer for The Times Magazine. He also led a strategy group that helped Times leadership shape the newsroom’s digital future.

In 2011, he received the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. He is a third-generation native of New York City.


Co-sponsored by The Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies (GCEPS), Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance (JRCPPF), Economic History Workshop (EHW), and Center for Collaborative History (CCH)

Open to the Public and the Princeton University Community