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Jacqueline Leo is the Founder and Former Editor in Chief of The Fiscal Times, and former EIC of Reader’s Digest and Consumer Reports. She is also the former Editorial Director of ABC News’ Good Morning America and an award-winning journalist and author.
Leo founded Child Magazine 1986, became Editor in Chief of The NY Times' then-owned Family Circle magazine and was later appointed Editorial Director at The New York Times Women's Magazine Group (where she launched Fitness Magazine).
While at Family Circle, she won the National Magazine Award for Public Interest -- the first time a woman's magazine ever held that award. She is a former President of the American Society of Magazine Editors and a three-time nominee for the National Magazine Award. She is also the recipient of the Breakthrough Award, and the Matrix Award from New York Women in Communications, an organization for which she also served as President.
Recent Stories By Jacqueline Leo:
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How a Solar Storm Could Burn a Trillion-Dollar Hole in Our EconomyOctober 17, 2017
In 1859, a British astronomer named Richard C. Carrington observed a large solar flare. The next day, auroras were seen in the tropics and telegraph systems all over the world malfunctioned, shocking...
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Robert Samuelson: Why Trump’s Tax Reform Won’t WorkAugust 28, 2017
It’s hard to imagine that tax reform is No. 1 on the Republicans’ to-do list when they still don’t have a 2018 budget. Worse, they still haven’t agreed to raise the debt ceiling, as the federal...
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A New Report Shows Why The 10-Year Jobs Crisis Is Effectively OverAugust 5, 2017
A new report by the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution has good news: "With [yesterday's] employment report, we can report that the national jobs gap relative to November 2007 has closed (...
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Hail Caesar! Trump Proves His Cabinet Loves HimJune 13, 2017
In case you slept through it, and you were lucky if you did, some of us who watched the early news at 6 am today were greeted by the most bizarre video clip of the Trump cabinet. Each of the members...
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More Money for Defense? Why Congress Needs to Look Twice at the Military BudgetJune 13, 2017
Once again, top generals, including Defense Secretary James Mattis and Joseph Dunford, are crying poor on Capitol Hill and issuing dire warnings about losing “our competitive advantage.” What the...
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The Real Legacy of the US Wars in the Mideast — Never-Ending DebtJune 4, 2017
The longer U.S. troops remain in Iraq and Afghanistan, the greater the financial costs to the United States. Taken together, the cost of those wars could be as high as $6 trillion, including medical...
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Do Demographics Dictate Economic Destiny?May 1, 2017
With the U.S. economy near full employment, this year’s first quarter GDP growth of less than one percent was more than disappointing. In what may be a related finding, a new Morning Consult poll...
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Time to Think Twice About Those Tax Cuts and the DeficitApril 27, 2017
The talk today is all about the Trump administration’s one-page massive tax reform plan, which The New York Times’ 5-column headline calls, “Tax Overhaul Would Aid Wealthiest.” That statement comes...
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Here's How Much the 'Mother of All Bombs' CostsApril 13, 2017
The United States Defense Department likes to show off. After proving it can move with the quick strike capability of a cobra as it did when it launched 59 tomahawk missiles at a Syrian airfield, the...
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Here's What Firing 59 Tomahawk Missiles at Syria's Airfield CostApril 7, 2017
Sarin gas is a horrible nerve agent that should never be used on human beings. Even if one doesn't die from exposure, there could be permanent damage to the nervous system after even a short...
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Is the US About to Turn Up the Heat on North Korea?March 17, 2017
America’s pivot to Asia under the Obama administration has developed sharper elbows under Trump. This trip ostensibly is a diplomatic sweep of key countries to discuss many issues, including trade....
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Workers from 12 Federal Agencies Admit to Watching Porn While on the JobMarch 1, 2017
Maybe Trump is right. Maybe a smaller federal workforce can be just as efficient as the 2.8 million people who work for the executive branch. That's what an investigation by 4 Washington suggests, a...