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Knight Austin Kiplinger [KIP-ling-er] (born February 24, 1948) is an American economic journalist who heads the Kiplinger financial media company in Washington, D.C., publishers of business forecasts and personal finance advice.
He serves as editor in chief of all its publications, including the weekly Kiplinger Letter, monthly Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine and daily Kiplinger.com. He writes a bimonthly column on financial matters in the magazine and also writes its monthly "Money & Ethics" feature, which explores ethical dilemmas in consumer affairs, business, and family relations.
In the civic realm, Kiplinger is active in nonprofit governance and philanthropy, especially in the fields of secondary education, choral music, and historic preservation.
He is a frequent guest on radio and TV programs (on NPR, CNN, Fox and CNBC, among others) and has appeared on "The Diane Rehm Show", "Charlie Rose Show", "The Today Show", "CBS This Morning," and “Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser”. He is an occasional commentator on "Marketplace," the daily business report heard on public radio stations nationwide.
As a public speaker, Kiplinger frequently addresses audiences of corporate and civic leaders, on such topics as the economic outlook, politics, investing and ethical business management.
Kiplinger is the co-author and editor of several books, including World Boom Ahead (1998), with David Koenig and the staff of The Kiplinger Letter; America in the Global '90s (1989), with Jack Kiesner, Austin Kiplinger (his father) and The Kiplinger Letter staff; The New American Boom (1986), with Sidney Levy and the staff of The Kiplinger Letter; and Washington Now (1975), with Austin Kiplinger.