About Froma Harrop

Froma Harrop

Froma Harrop

Froma Harrop covers the waterfront of politics, economics and culture with an unconventional approach. She takes public policy quite seriously. Herself, less so.

Despite some liberal tendencies, or because of them, Harrop has great affection for tradition. She also respects the profit motive, a reflection of years reporting on business and economics. But there are limits.

Recipient of numerous awards and honors, Harrop has worked on the Reuters business desk, edited economics reports for The New York Times News Service and served on the Providence Journal editorial board. She has written for such diverse publications as The New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar and Institutional Investor.

Harrop’s been seen on MSNBC and PBS and heard on NPR and many other radio outlets. And she is currently a contributor to CNN Opinion.

Raised in the Long Island suburbs, Harrop attended New York University. She now lives in New York City and Providence, Rhode Island.

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We'd Better Start Thinking About Future Jobs Nov 04, 2025

The big headlines about job losses tend to focus on the big employers. Layoffs at UPS, 48,000 — at Intel, 24,000. Amazon is cutting up to 30,000 workers, and Target, 1,800. These pink slips are being dropped largely on white-collar positions. T... Read More

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Broken Windows Policy Belongs at the Top Oct 30, 2025

The sound you heard was windows being smashed at the East Wing. The sound you did not hear was questions from officials paid to monitor what happens to a National Heritage Site. The White House is owned by the American people, not any current inhabi... Read More

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Who's Afraid of Big Bad Bari? Oct 28, 2025

There's something bonkers in the hard left's hysteria over Bari Weiss becoming editor-in-chief of CBS News. A psych eval comes toward the end. John Oliver recently delivered an unhinged tirade against Weiss as a right-wing tool of MAGA. Oliver was hi... Read More

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We Need Billionaires Who Do the Right Thing Oct 23, 2025

I don't get politicians who rail against billionaires. There are all kinds of billionaires. Many got rich inventing products we hold dear. Others got rich doing societally useless things like inventing crypto meme coins. And some made their pile thro... Read More