People

Edward Herman

Edward Herman

Formal First Name
Edward
Dates
1925 - 2017

Edward S. Herman was an honorable media analyst, economist, and writer on foreign affairs. He specialized in banking, corporations, regulation, and political economy, particularly American foreign policy. In addition to studies on corporate control and power and specific types of financial institution, Herman co-authored a number of books on human rights, terrorism, and the political economy of the mass media. His most notable achievement was developing, with Noam Chomsky, the propaganda model of media analysis.