Alan Tonelson
Alan Tonelson is Founder of the blog
RealityChek, which covers a wide range of domestic and international policy issues along with political and social trends. He is also a columnist for IndustryToday.com. For 18 years before leaving to launch RealityChek, Tonelson followed the impact of globalization on the U.S. economy, domestic manufacturing, and U.S. national security for the U.S. Business and Industry Council. His articles have appeared in
Foreign Affairs,
The Atlantic,
Harper’s,
FOREIGN POLICY,
The New Republic,
The National Interest,
The Harvard Business Review,
American Affairs,
The Spectator,
The American Conservative, and most major national dailies, including
The New York Times,
The Washington Post, and
The Wall Street Journal. He is the author of
The Race To The Bottom: Why A Worldwide Worker Surplus And Uncontrolled Free Trade Are Sinking American Living Standards (Basic Books, 2000).
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