Matthew DeBord Economy Reporter
Matthew DeBord has written about economics, business, and financial issues for publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Slate, CBS.com, and the Huffington Post. In 2010, he began the DeBord Report for KPCC.org.
Matt has appeared frequently on KPCC to discuss business and the economy. He has also commented for NPR, KCRW’s “To the Point” with Warren Olney, “America Now with Andy Dean,” MSNBC, RT, Radio France, China Radio International, and the Tokyo Broadcasting System. He has moderated panels and conducted conversations at the Crawford Family Forum, as well as at the Drucker School and Art Center College of Design.
In recent years, he has covered the global automobile industry. He has also worked in marketing, advertising, and communications, developing blogging and social-media strategies and platforms.
A graduate of Clemson and New York universities, Matt has written about environmental finance and presented at national conferences on the carbon economy and sustainability. He spent three years on staff at Wine Spectator magazine and is the author of The New York Book of Wine and Wine Country USA.
DeBord is also known to enjoy playing (and writing about) golf, tennis, and squash. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Maria Russo, and their three young children.
Stories by Matthew DeBord
Oh, what a mess this Facebook IPO has become!
By Matthew DeBord
The social network has been trading for just a few days, but already blame is being handed out and lawsuits are on the horizon.
Jilted TED speaker Nick Hanauer's former hobby: Biosphere2
By Matthew DeBord
A controversial businessman and venture capitalist used to be on the board of one of the strangest science experiments in recent memory.
48 Hours in California: Facebook v. SpaceX
By Matthew DeBord
Two California companies have staged big events within 48 hours of each other. Facebook launched and IPO. SpaceX is launching...a rocket.
For Facebook IPO, Twitter was the superstar
By Matthew DeBord
That other social network — really a "microblogging" service — outdid Mark Zuckerberg's creation on Facebook's very big yet disappointing day.
Not so Happy Facebook Day for Facebook IPO
By Matthew DeBord
The world's largest social network is now officially valued at $104 billion, but in the end the IPO was a big disappointment as demand for shares doesn't pay off.
It has come at last! Happy Facebook Day!
By Matthew DeBord
The immense social network, created in a Harvard dorm room less than a decade ago, now trades publicly on the NASDAQ exchange. Here's the early take.
Los Angeles' own Michael Grimes led the Facebook IPO
By Matthew DeBord
A California guy from modest means was the main banker on the Facebook IPO for Morgan Stanley. He was always a believer in tech.
Facebook goes public at $38 per share and raises $16 billion
By Matthew DeBord
The gargantuan social network at last sits astride the public markets. Trading begins tomorrow. Will you be buying or selling?
Reuters' Felix Salmon takes a whack at JPMorgan
By Matthew DeBord
The giant bank didn't just lose billions, it gambled with money that U.S. taxpayers have guaranteed. Reuters' finance blogger explains.
Watch: Facebook and free labor
By Matthew DeBord
KPCC's business and economics reporter Matthew DeBord debuts a tiny talk show. His first guests debate whether Facebook is ripping us off.
IPO Battle: Facebook v. General Motors
By Matthew DeBord
The giant car company pulls $10 million in paid advertising from the social networking giant on the eve of the latter's IPO.
Sallie Krawcheck on how to avoid JP Morgan blowups
By Matthew DeBord
A former banking superstar has taken to Twitter and the blogosphere to argue that banks should think about sustainability in their business.
As China gets richer, its people don't get happier
By Matthew DeBord
USC's pioneering economist of happiness, Richard Easterlin, has published a new article that questions whether the Chinese are really having fun.
CalPERS and the crisis in venture capital
By Matthew DeBord
The biggest pension fund in the world has a significant investment in venture capital. But does a new study suggest that it won't get the returns it expects?
DeBord Report on 'America Now with Andy Dean'
By Matthew DeBord
A lively roundup of the week's business and economics news, with "America Now" talk radio host Andy Dean.
