Edward Goldberg is one of the leading experts on global-political economics. Having spent his career moving between the worlds of academia, international trade and trade finance,
Edward Goldberg has a unique and pragmatic understanding of globalization and international-political economics.
He is a much-quoted essayist and public speaker on the subjects of Globalization, European-American relations, U.S.-Russian and China relations and global economic, trade / political issues. He has been cited by Thomas L. Friedman in several of his columns in The New York Times as well as in his book Hot Flat and Crowded. His piece, “To Paraphrase Mark Twain-Rumors of America’s Death are Greatly 
Exaggerated,” appeared in The New York Times.
He has also been cited in or has written for Roubini Global Economics, Yale Global on Line, Fiscal Times, The Hill, American Foreign Policy Interests, Foreign Policy, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, The Deal, Yahoo Finance, The Week, Google News, Quartz and Voice of America. He is a regular contributor to the Hill, Huffington Post, the Globalist and Real Clear World and Real Clear Politics. His name appears on Tom Keene of Bloomberg Surveillance list of 193 people to watch/follow in academic & market economics, with a touch of international relations.
He is a frequent guest on Bloomberg Radio discussing global economic issues. He has also been interviewed on CBS News, Public Radio, CBS radio, the Associated Press Radio, CNBC and, Al-Jazeera America TV. He was also a featured guest on the PBS series The World on The Brink. Internationally, he has discussed the ramifications of various global economic trends on NDTV of India, TV 4 Group of Sweden as well as Russian State Television, and has been cited by the India Council of Globalization, Kyiv Post, Novelle Europe, Wales on Line, International Finance Magazine of London, Novoye Russkoye Slovo,and Russia Direct.
Edward Goldberg represented the United States Department of State at the International Conference on International Relations and Problems of Globalization in St. Petersburg, Russia where he delivered the opening address. He was a member of President Barack Obama's Foreign Policy Network Team for the 2008 Presidential election and was a member of then-Senator John Kerry's Russia and CIS Policy Team during the 2004 United States presidential election. In addition he has testified at the United States Senate on matters relating to International Trade.
In addition to his teaching at New York University and Baruch, he gives an annual series of lectures at New York’s 92nd Street Y on various topics relating to globalization, the world economy and their effects on the United States. Other institutions and organizations where he has lectured include the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, The Kennan Institute Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., The European Union Study Center, University of Pisa, CEDEP/INSEAD, The Harriman Institute of Columbia University, The Weisman Center for International Business, The New School, and The Italian Diplomatic Academy.
What makes Edward Goldberg’s world view particularly unique in assessing Global Economic trends and their effects on the United States is that, he spent the first 30 years of his career in international business, first as a partner in a leading global agricultural trading firm and than as president of a division of a large European Bank, specializing in international trade. The pragmatic insights he gained from this real world experience have given him a broad and realistic appreciation of how global economies actually work.
At Annisa Group (www.annisagroup.com) his consulting firm, Mr. Goldberg has worked on global issues with such major companies as Goldman Sachs, Rockefeller Brother’s Fund, Eaton Vance and Raiffeisen Zentralbank.
Previously he founded and served as President of F.J. Elsner North America Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB) of Vienna, Austria, where he created a unique financing strategy that allowed the firm to become one of the leading companies exporting American Agricultural products to the at that time new Russian Federation. He also developed the marketing strategy and led the negotiations that resulted in the firm becoming the largest pre-trade financier and trader in North America for various steel and forest products from Russia and Eastern Europe.
In addition working closely with the United Nations and the U.S. State Department, Mr. Goldberg was responsible for overseeing the firm’s sale of commodities to Iraq under the United Nations Oil for Food Program.
At F.J. Elsner he also conceived and Co-Chaired the B2B, development committee of the Raiffeisen Zentralbank Group. The objective was to develop a B2B online trading business focused in Central and Eastern Europe which would redeploy the 100+ years of financial and trading experience of Raiffeisen Zentralbank onto the internet.
Edward Goldberg began his business career with the Chilewich Group, one of the foremost American agricultural trading companies doing business with the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and Asia. He started as a sales trainee and rose to become Vice President, International Marketing and Principal in several of the operating divisions, including having responsibility for Asia.
Edward Goldberg just finished writing his latest book, The United States as Global Liberal Hegemon: How the US Came to Lead the World ( BOOK TITLE IN BOLD). It will be published this June by Palgrave MacMillan. This book examines America’s role as the global liberal hegemon. Using a historical analysis to understand how the United States came to serve as the world leader, Goldberg argues why the role of a liberal hegemon is needed, whether the United States has the ability to fulfill this role, and what the pitfalls and liabilities of continuing in this role are for the nation. He also considers the impact that this role on the global stage has for the country as well as individual citizens of the United States. Goldberg argues that the United States's geographic location away from strong competitors, it's role as the dominant economy for much of the 20th century, and its political culture of meritocracy all contributed to the United States taking this role in the 1940s. He also argues that the role of liberal hegemon has shifted to include not only being the international policeperson but also to be the world's central banker, a role that at this time only the Unites States can fill.
Previously, he wrote, Why Globalization Works For America: How Nationalist Trade Policies Destroy Our Country, published by Potomac Books an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press. This book is about why globalization is here to stay, why America is the winner in the game of globalization, why all the king’s horses and all the king’s men can’t put the Humpty Dumpty of yesterday’s non-globalized world back together again and why nationalist, politically motivated trade policies fail. It is about how America is the globalized nation. How globalization is part of America’s DNA and to separate globalization from America would be like separating a child from its mother.
In addition he has written, The Joint Ventured Nation: Why America Needs A New Foreign Policy, was published on October 18, 2016 by Skyhorse Publishing. The book argues that America’s fate is now interconnected to the other major industrial countries while its foreign policy has not adapted to this reality. That essentially America is no longer the indispensible nation but now is the indispensible partner. The book is the antidote to the foreign policy of the Trump Administration.
The reviews of The Joint Venture Nation have been exceptional with various scholars in the field praising it with the following comments:
Goldberg teaches International Political Economy at the New York University Center For Global Affairs where he is an Adjunct Assistant Professor. He is also a Scholarly Practitioner at the Zicklin Graduate School of Business of Baruch College of the City University of New York where he teaches various courses related to globalization and international trade.
At Baruch College he has been twice nominated for the prestigious Presidential Excellence Award for Distinguished Teaching. He has also been awarded three times a grant from Mitsui USA for curriculum development in the areas of Globalization and International Trade. He has taught international trade as visiting faculty at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business. His USC Marshall School course, Creating Success in the International Marketplace, was featured on the New York Times Knowledge Network
* A leading expert on globalization and the interplay between global politics and global economics, his views are sought by corporations, governments, print and electronic journalists.
* Extensive trade dealings with Europe, Russia and Chinas as an international business partner in a leading global agricultural trading firm and division president of a large European bank. Participated in foreign policy teams with the Obama and Kerry campaigns and heads the Annisa Group, his global economics consulting firm.
* Adjunct professor at the New York University Center For Global Affairs, specializing in international political economy and a Scholarly Practitioner at the Zicklin Graduate School of Business at Baruch College of the City University of New York.
* A much-quoted essayist who has been cited by The New York Times, Roubini Global Economics, Yale Global on Line, Fiscal Times, The Hill, American Foreign Policy Interests, Foreign Policy, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, The Deal, Yahoo Finance, The Week, Google News, Quartz and Voice of America. He is a regular contributor to the Hill, Huffington Post, the Globalist and Real Clear World and Real Clear Politics. A frequent guest on Bloomberg Radio and also appeared on CBS News, Public Radio, CBS radio, Associated Press Radio, and CNBC.
* Board and raised in Port Chester, N.Y., graduating from American University. Lives in New York City with his wife, Barbara G. Saidel.