Hal Weitzman
Adjunct Associate Professor of Behavioral Science
Biography
Hal Weitzman is executive director for intellectual capital at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. He is editor-in-chief of and host of The Chicago Booth Review podcast, a weekly series featuring Booth professors discussing their research. He was a reporter and editor at the Financial Times from 2000 to 2012, the last seven years as a foreign correspondent in South America and Chicago. As well as the FT, his reporting has appeared in The Economist, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Miami Herald, New Statesman, The Irish Times, Slate and Politico.
He has written two books,听听(2012) and 听(2022). His time as a reporter in Chicago led him to write 'Chicago's Decade of Innovation, 1972-1982', a chapter covering the development of financial derivatives, which was published in the 2010 book .
Hal grew up in Wales. He was an undergraduate at Leeds, gained a master's at Oriel College, Oxford, and was a Frank Knox Memorial Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.
His interests include rugby, tea, politics, history, baking, and gardening.
Selected Publications
Latin Lessons: How South America Stopped Listening to the United States and Started Prospering.听Wiley, February 2012 ()
鈥楥hicago鈥檚 decade of innovation: 1972-1982鈥�, in听Regulated Exchanges: Dynamic Agents of Economic Growth听(edited by Larry Harris), Oxford University Press, 2010 ()
鈥淕angland Style: A map of Al Capone's Chicago offers a grisly but engaging tour of its time,鈥�听Intelligent Life, March/April 2014 ()
鈥淲hat Occupy Wall Street should have said: Five years after Lehman, four big ideas for fixing the global financial system,鈥�听Capital Ideas,听Summer 2013 ()
鈥淲hat Occupy Wall Street should have said: Five years after Lehman, four big ideas for fixing the global financial system,鈥�听Capital Ideas,听Summer 2013 ()
听鈥淎nd the Oscar comes from 鈥� : Far away from the glitz of Hollywood, the Chicago factory where the statuettes are created is fighting for its life,鈥�听Financial Times, February 24, 2012 ()
鈥淭he last straw鈥� (about the death of the Panama-hat industry in Ecuador),听Financial Times,听January 13, 2007 ()
INTERVIEWS
Sam Zell, chairman, EGI: 鈥業鈥檓 the fastest No in the west鈥�, Financial Times, July 8, 2012 ()
Scott Walker, Governor of Wisconsin, 鈥淲isconsin vote highlights US polarisation,鈥� May 14, 2012 ()
Don Wilson, founder, DRW Trading: 鈥淭he unnatural communicator,鈥� December 11, 2011 ()
Terry Duffy, executive chairman, CME Group: 鈥淔rom bar to floor to boardroom,鈥� October 16, 2011 ()
James Lovell, Apollo 13 captain: 鈥淵ou look back at earth and ... you realise how insignificant we really all are,鈥� April 1, 2011 ()
George Buckley, CEO, 3M: 鈥淢an who turns Post-it notes into banknotes,鈥� February 27, 2011 ()
Jim Skinner, CEO, McDonald鈥檚, 鈥淢cDonald鈥檚 vows to keep it simple,鈥� December 13, 2010 ()
Jeff Sprecher, CEO, Intercontinental Exchange, 鈥淟essons from a serial outsider,鈥� November 30, 2010 ()
Bill Brodsky, CEO, CBOE, 鈥淭rading chief guarding the options corner,鈥� August 4, 2010 ()
Doug Oberhelman, CEO, Caterpillar, 鈥淐EO who gets down and dirty,鈥� July 18, 2010 ()
Jeff Joerres, CEO, Manpower, 鈥淯S groups wary of China strikes record,鈥� July 2, 2010 ()
Steve Roell, CEO, Johnson Controls, June 13, 2010 ()
Jim Owens, CEO, Caterpillar, July 30, 2009 ()
Hugh Grant, CEO, Monsanto, 鈥淐hasing a bigger yield,鈥� June 14, 2009 ()
Steven Levitt, University of Chicago economist: 鈥淎n experimental approach to the right answers,鈥� April 20, 2009 ()
Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago, 鈥淢ayor Daley well placed to be Democratic peacemaker,鈥� April 30, 2008 ()
Ollanta Humala, President of Peru, 鈥淧eru nationalist targets global mining groups,鈥� March 29, 2006 ()
2024 - 2025 Course Schedule
| Number | Course Title | Quarter |
|---|---|---|
| Crafting and Delivering Persuasive Narratives | 2025 (Spring) | |
| Persuasion: Effective Business Communication | 2024 (Autumn) | |
| Persuasion: Effective Business Communication | 2025 (Winter) | |
| Persuasion: Effective Business Communication | 2025 (Summer) |
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The Book Report: Hal Weitzman鈥檚 鈥淲hat鈥檚 the Matter with Delaware?鈥�
Hal Weitzman and John Paul Rollert discuss the implications of Delaware鈥檚 unique position in the corporate world.
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The Big Question: Is Impact Investing More than Charity?
An expert panel discusses whether impact investing is genuinely investment and how to measure impact.
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The Big Question: Can Innovation Save the US Economy?
An expert panel debates whether technological innovation will generate large productivity gains in the future.
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