A native of Lima, Peru, Carlos Lozada worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and the Inter-American Development Bank before joining Foreign Policy magazine in 1999. He is a columnist for Commonweal magazine and has contributed to various publications, including the Christian Science Monitor, American Prospect, Wilson Quarterly, and Washington Post Book World. In 2002, he was honored as a "Global Leader for Tomorrow" by the World Economic Forum in Davos. His commentary has aired on CNBC and Marketplace.
Foreign Languages: Spanish
Education: B.A., University of Notre Dame; M.P.A., Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
Selected Publications: “Trouble in the High Command,” American Prospect (February 11, 2002); “Corruption’s True Face,” Foreign Policy (May-June 2002)
As one part of the global democratic recession, severe political polarization is increasingly afflicting old and new democracies alike, producing the erosion of democratic norms and rising societal anger.
