Leonard Solomon Silk (May 15, 1918 – February 10, 1995)^[1] was an American economist, author, and journalist. Silk's diverse areas of interest included global economics, unemployment, banking, and inflation.^[2] Silk wrote for Business Week between 1954 and 1969.^[3] He also wrote for the New York Times between 1970 and 1993, first writing editorials, then beginning in 1976, his own column.^[2][3]

Silk was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Montclair, New Jersey.^[2]

As author

• The Research Revolution. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960.
• The Economists. New York: Avon Books, 1974.
• Ethics and Profits: The Crisis of Confidence in American Business, with David Vogel. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1976.
• Economics in Plain English. Simon and Schuster, 1978. Revised and expanded edition in 1986.
• Ideals in Collision: The Relationship Between Business & the News Media, with Rawleigh Warner, Jr. Pittsburgh: Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1979.
• The American Establishment, with Mark Silk. New York: Basic Books, 1980.^[4][5]
• Economics in the Real World. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984.

As editor

• Capitalism, the Moving Target. New York: Praeger, 1974.
• People: From Impoverishment to Empowerment, with Üner Kirdar. New York University Press, 1995.

• 1961 Gerald Loeb Award for Magazines for "The United States Invents a New Way to Grow"^[6]
• 1977 Gerald Loeb Memorial Award^[7]
• 1995 Gerald Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award^[8]