George Goodman
Born in 1930
Business
Economics
Fiction
George Jerome Waldo Goodman was an American author and economics commentator who wrote under the pseudonym Adam Smith.
Born in 1930, he gained fame for his insightful and humorous writing on Wall Street and finance.
Goodman's most famous work, "The Money Game," became a bestseller and is considered a classic in financial literature.
He also wrote fiction under his own name.
As a broadcast commentator, Goodman won Emmy Awards for his economic reporting.
His pseudonym was assigned by Clay Felker at New York magazine to maintain anonymity for his Wall Street articles.
Goodman's work bridged the gap between financial expertise and popular understanding, making complex economic concepts accessible to a wider audience.
He passed away in 2014.
