About the Author

Jim McTague has been Washington Editor of Barron’s Magazine since 1994—a post that gives him privileged access to key players in Washington and on Wall Street. A credentialed White House and Capitol Hill correspondent, he’s covered every administration since the first President Bush. McTague has appeared on NBC, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, FOX, and is a frequent guest on FOX Business News. His extensive analysis of the underground economy in 2005 exploded the myth that illegal aliens were a small percentage of the U.S. population, triggering today’s border security debate. McTague holds an MA in English from Pennsylvania State University and a BS in English from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.

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