BIO

DAVID M. SMICK is a global macroeconomic strategist, investor, magazine editor, author, and most recently documentary filmmaker.

FILMMAKER
Mr. Smick’s latest film is AMERICA’S BURNING (2024) about the politically dangerous waning of social mobility and the decline of the American Dream. The film is narrated by Michael Douglas and executive produced by Douglas and Barry Levinson. It had its world premiere at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival.

STRATEGIST
Mr. Smick is chairman and chief executive officer of Johnson Smick International, Inc., a leading macroeconomic advisory firm based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1985, the firm’s clients include some of the world’s most successful money managers. The firm’s first client was Soros Fund Management. The Financial Times described Mr. Smick as “one of Washington’s premier insiders” in the field of economic and financial policy.

EDITOR
Mr. Smick is also the co-founder, editor, and publisher of The International Economy magazine. Launched in 1987, the publication’s readership includes many of the world’s senior financial policy officials and market strategists.

AUTHOR
New York Times columnist David Brooks described Mr. Smick’s first book, The World Is Curved, as "astonishingly prescient." Former President Bill Clinton called the book one of the top three books on the global financial crisis. Translated into dozens of languages, the book received the Gold Medal by the Axiom Business Book Awards as the year’s “best book on international business and globalization.” The book sold out in China in two-and-a-half weeks.

Mr. Smick has written for the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. He has appeared as a television commentator on CNN, Fox, CNBC, Charlie Rose, and PBS.

Mr. Smick registered originally as a Democrat and switched to Republican during the Carter Administration. Today he is a registered independent.

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