Edward S. Herman is a Professor Emeritus of Finance at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, an economist and media analyst, with a specialty in corporate and regulatory issues as well as political economy and the media. He is the author of numerous books, including
Corporate Control, Corporate Power (1981),
Demonstration Elections (1984, with Frank Brodhead),
The Real Terror Network (1982),
Manufacturing Consent (1988, with Noam Chomsky),
Triumph of the Market (1995),
The Global Media (1997, with Robert McChesney) and
The Myth of The Liberal Media: an Edward Herman Reader (1999). He is slso a regular contributor to
Z Magazine.