Scott Bessent

Scott Bessent serves as chief executive officer and chief investment officer for Key Square Group LP, a Connecticut-based investment partnership that he founded in 2015. Bessent was chief investment officer for Soros Fund Management, the investment vehicle for the Soros Family and their foundations, from 2011 to 2015. He was an adjunct professor of Economic History at Yale University from 2006-2011.

SCOTT BESSENT: Let's talk tariffs. It's time to revitalize Alexander Hamilton's favorite tool

Opinion November 15

SCOTT BESSENT: Let's talk tariffs. It's time to revitalize Alexander Hamilton's favorite tool

Prior to the 16th Amendment, which authorized the individual income tax, tariffs had been one of the federal government’s chief sources of funding.

Bidenomics architect is Kamala’s economic whisperer

OPINION September 25

Bidenomics architect is Kamala’s economic whisperer

Vice President Harris would prefer voters not remember her role in the economic disaster of the past three and a half years, distancing herself from the president and Bidenomics.

America's next national security crisis is lurking in our pocketbooks

OPINION July 11

America's next national security crisis is lurking in our pocketbooks

If you already have the pedal to metal on spending and debt, you leave yourself with no room to surge spending in case there's a crisis

16 Nobel Prize-winning economists claim Trump will wreck our economy. This is the reason I don't trust them

OPINION June 27

16 Nobel Prize-winning economists claim Trump will wreck our economy. This is the reason I don't trust them

Academic economists’ recent record of political advocacy is a potent reminder of why Americans have come to dismiss the dismal science

Biden’s triple threat is financially toxic for average Americans

OPINION March 12

Biden’s triple threat is financially toxic for average Americans

Americans have suffered under Bidenomics. Inflation, interest rates and immigration have combined to create a financial triple threat that means they can't keep up.

Wall Street leader calls on Haley to drop out if she loses big in South Carolina

OPINION February 24

Wall Street leader calls on Haley to drop out if she loses big in South Carolina

The South Carolina Republican primary should hold a lesson for Nikki Haley. If you lose your home state by a wide margin, that sends an important message about your campaign.