David Francis
Contributor
David Francis is a reporter based in Berlin and Washington, DC. In addition to reporting for The Fiscal Times, David is a correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor, Financial Times Deutschland, and Deutsche Welle. He is a contributing writer to World Politics Review, SportsIllustrated.com, and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, among others. He has reported from all over the world on a number of topics, from transatlantic relations, to sports, to border security, to local news, to finance. In 2010, David was named to the prestigious Atlantik-Brueke association, created to promote transatlantic relations. In 2009, he was awarded the Arthur Burns Fellowship from the International Center for Journalists. He has been a John McCloy Fellow, awarded by the American Council of Germany, and an Arizona State Media Fellow. David has spoken about his reporting at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, and the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago and a master’s from Georgetown University.
Recent Posts
Is the Government Backing a New Housing Bubble?
Posted: 5/14/2012 12:30:00 AM
Right now, the U.S. Federal Housing Authority is offering historically low interest rates on home loans as part of an effort to kick-start the housing market. Under a plan introduced by President …
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How Iran and Russia Could Cause an Oil Shock
Posted: 3/5/2012 12:17:00 AM
The good news behind the price increase that sent gas to $3.76 a gallon this past weekend is that it is being driven in part by the improvement in the economy and major stock indices. The bad news…
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How Hedge Funds Are Exploiting the Euro Crisis
Posted: 12/15/2011 1:30:00 AM
Just when it looked like a European fiscal bargain would end the sovereign debt crisis, save the euro and stabilize the markets, the other shoe dropped. Confidence in the plan is fading with Gre…
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Why Italy May Get the Boot from the Eurozone
Posted: 11/11/2011 12:00:00 AM
Italy managed to hold a successful bond auction Thursday, which for the moment calmed market fears about the eurozone’s imminent collapse. But the success of the auction does little to solve Europ…
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Libyan Mission Over, But U.S. Deeper into Africa
Posted: 10/21/2011 1:33:00 PM
(Lagos, Nigeria) - The death of Moammar Qaddafi marks the end of an eight-month NATO military campaign that supported the rebels who brought down the Libyan dictator. While the future …
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